Contents Previous

REFERENCES

  1. Athanassoula E, Rodionov SA, Peschken N, Lambert JC (2016) Forming Disk Galaxies in Wet Major Mergers. I. Three Fiducial Examples. ApJ 821:90, DOI 10.3847/0004-637X/821/2/90, 1602.03189

  2. Aumer M, White SDM (2013) Idealized models for galactic disc formation and evolution in ‘realistic' ΛCDM haloes. MNRAS 428:1055–1076, DOI 10.1093/mnras/sts083, 1203.1190

  3. Aumer M, White SDM, Naab T, Scannapieco C (2013) Towards a more realistic population of bright spiral galaxies in cosmological simulations. MNRAS 434:3142–3164, DOI 10.1093/mnras/stt1230, 1304.1559

  4. Bakos J, Trujillo I, Pohlen M (2008) Color Profiles of Spiral Galaxies: Clues on Outer-Disk Formation Scenarios. ApJ 683:L103, DOI 10.1086/591671, 0807.2776

  5. Bakos J, Trujillo I, Azzollini R, Beckman JE, Pohlen M (2011) Outskirts of spiral galaxies: result of a secular evolution process?. Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana Supplementi 18:113, 1002.1276

  6. Barker MK, Ferguson AMN, Irwin MJ, Arimoto N, Jablonka P (2012) Quantifying the faint structure of galaxies: the late-type spiral NGC 2403. MNRAS 419:1489–1506, DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19814.x, 1109.2625

  7. Barnes KL, van Zee L, Côté S, Schade D (2012) Star Formation in the Outer Disk of Spiral Galaxies. ApJ 757:64, DOI 10.1088/0004-637X/757/1/64

  8. Bellazzini M, Beccari G, Fraternali F, Oosterloo TA, Sollima A, Testa V, Galleti S, Perina S, Faccini M, Cusano F (2014) The extended structure of the dwarf irregular galaxies Sextans A and Sextans B. Signatures of tidal distortion in the outskirts of the Local Group. A&A 566:A44, DOI 10.1051/0004-6361/201423659, 1404.1697

  9. Berrier JC, Sellwood JA (2015) Smoothing Rotation Curves and Mass Profiles. ApJ 799:213, DOI 10.1088/0004-637X/799/2/213, 1412.0979

  10. Bigiel F, Blitz L (2012) A Universal Neutral Gas Profile for nearby Disk Galaxies. ApJ 756:183, DOI 10.1088/0004-637X/756/2/183, 1208.1505

  11. Bigiel F, Leroy A, Walter F, Blitz L, Brinks E, de Blok WJG, Madore B (2010) Extremely Inefficient Star Formation in the Outer Disks of Nearby Galaxies. AJ 140:1194–1213, DOI 10.1088/0004-6256/140/5/1194, 1007.3498

  12. Bird JC, Kazantzidis S, Weinberg DH, Guedes J, Callegari S, Mayer L, Madau P (2013) Inside out and Upside down: Tracing the Assembly of a Simulated Disk Galaxy Using Mono-age Stellar Populations. ApJ 773:43, DOI 10.1088/0004-637X/773/1/43, 1301.0620

  13. Bland-Hawthorn J, Vlajić M, Freeman KC, Draine BT (2005) NGC 300: An Extremely Faint, Outer Stellar Disk Observed to 10 Scale Lengths. ApJ 629:239–249, DOI 10.1086/430512, astro-ph/0503488

  14. Borlaff A, Eliche-Moral MC, Rodríguez-Pérez C, Querejeta M, Tapia T, Pérez-González PG, Zamorano J, Gallego J, Beckman J (2014) Formation of S0 galaxies through mergers. Antitruncated stellar discs resulting from major mergers. A&A 570:A103, DOI 10.1051/0004-6361/201424299, 1407.5097

  15. Bovy J, Rix HW, Schlafly EF, Nidever DL, Holtzman JA, Shetrone M, Beers TC (2016) The Stellar Population Structure of the Galactic Disk. ApJ 823:30, DOI 10.3847/0004-637X/823/1/30, 1509.05796

  16. Bresolin F, Kennicutt RC (2015) Abundance gradients in low surface brightness spirals: clues on the origin of common gradients in galactic discs. MNRAS 454:3664–3673, DOI 10.1093/mnras/stv2245, 1509.07190

  17. Bruzzese SM, Meurer GR, Lagos CDP, Elson EC, Werk JK, Blakeslee JP, Ford H (2015) The initial mass function and star formation law in the outer disc of NGC 2915. MNRAS 447:618–635, DOI 10.1093/mnras/stu2461, 1411.6674

  18. Bush SJ, Cox TJ, Hernquist L, Thilker D, Younger JD (2008) Simulations of XUV Disks with a Star Formation Density Threshold. ApJ 683:L13, DOI 10.1086/591523, 0807.1116

  19. Cooper AP, D'Souza R, Kauffmann G, Wang J, Boylan-Kolchin M, Guo Q, Frenk CS, White SDM (2013) Galactic accretion and the outer structure of galaxies in the CDM model. MNRAS 434:3348–3367, DOI 10.1093/mnras/stt1245, 1303.6283

  20. da Silva RL, Fumagalli M, Krumholz MR (2014) SLUG - Stochastically Lighting Up Galaxies - II. Quantifying the effects of stochasticity on star formation rate indicators. MNRAS 444:3275–3287, DOI 10.1093/mnras/stu1688, 1403.4605

  21. Dalcanton JJ, Williams BF, Lang D, Lauer TR, Kalirai JS, Seth AC, Dolphin A, Rosenfield P, Weisz DR, Bell EF, Bianchi LC, Boyer ML, Caldwell N, Dong H, Dorman CE, Gilbert KM, Girardi L, Gogarten SM, Gordon KD, Guhathakurta P, Hodge PW, Holtzman JA, Johnson LC, Larsen SS, Lewis A, Melbourne JL, Olsen KAG, Rix HW, Rosema K, Saha A, Sarajedini A, Skillman ED, Stanek KZ (2012) The Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury. ApJS 200:18, DOI 10.1088/0067-0049/200/2/18, 1204.0010

  22. Dale DA, Beltz-Mohrmann GD, Egan AA, Hatlestad AJ, Herzog LJ, Leung AS, McLane JN, Phenicie C, Roberts JS, Barnes KL, Boquien M, Calzetti D, Cook DO, Kobulnicky HA, Staudaher SM, van Zee L (2016) Radial Star Formation Histories in 15 Nearby Galaxies. AJ 151:4, DOI 10.3847/0004-6256/151/1/4, 1511.03285

  23. de Grijs R, Kregel M, Wesson KH (2001) Radially truncated galactic discs. MNRAS 324:1074–1086, DOI 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04380.x, astro-ph/0002523

  24. de Vaucouleurs G (1959) Photoelectric Photometry of Messier 33 IN the u, b, v, System. ApJ 130:728, DOI 10.1086/146764

  25. Dopita MA, Mathewson DS, Ford VL (1985) Shapley constellation III - A region of self-propagating star formation. ApJ 297:599–606, DOI 10.1086/163556

  26. Efstathiou G (2000) A model of supernova feedback in galaxy formation. MNRAS 317:697–719, DOI 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03665.x, astro-ph/0002245

  27. El-Badry K, Wetzel A, Geha M, Hopkins PF, Kereš D, Chan TK, Faucher-Giguère CA (2016) Breathing FIRE: How Stellar Feedback Drives Radial Migration, Rapid Size Fluctuations, and Population Gradients in Low-mass Galaxies. ApJ 820:131, DOI 10.3847/0004-637X/820/2/131, 1512.01235

  28. Eldridge JJ (2012) Stochasticity, a variable stellar upper mass limit, binaries and star formation rate indicators. MNRAS 422:794–803, DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.20662.x, 1106.4311

  29. Elmegreen BG (2015) On the Star Formation Law for Spiral and Irregular Galaxies. ApJ 814:L30, DOI 10.1088/2041-8205/814/2/L30, 1511.05633

  30. Elmegreen BG, Hunter DA (2006) Radial Profiles of Star Formation in the Far Outer Regions of Galaxy Disks. ApJ 636:712–720, DOI 10.1086/498082, astro-ph/0509190

  31. Elmegreen BG, Hunter DA (2015) A Star Formation Law for Dwarf Irregular Galaxies. ApJ 805:145, DOI 10.1088/0004-637X/805/2/145, 1503.04370

  32. Elmegreen BG, Parravano A (1994) When star formation stops: Galaxy edges and low surface brightness disks. ApJ 435:L121–124, DOI 10.1086/187609

  33. Elmegreen BG, Struck C (2013) Exponential Galaxy Disks from Stellar Scattering. ApJ 775:L35, DOI 10.1088/2041-8205/775/2/L35, 1308.5236

  34. Elmegreen BG, Struck C (2016) Exponential Disks from Stellar Scattering. III. Stochastic Models. ApJ 830:115, DOI 10.3847/0004-637X/830/2/115, 1607.07595

  35. Elmegreen BG, Kaufman M, Bournaud F, Elmegreen DM, Struck C, Brinks E, Juneau S (2016) High Star Formation Rates in Turbulent Atomic-dominated Gas in the Interacting Galaxies IC 2163 and NGC 2207. ApJ 823:26, DOI 10.3847/0004-637X/823/1/26, 1603.04533

  36. Erwin P, Beckman JE, Pohlen M (2005) Antitruncation of Disks in Early-Type Barred Galaxies. ApJ 626:L81–L84, DOI 10.1086/431739, astro-ph/0505216

  37. Erwin P, Pohlen M, Beckman JE (2008) The Outer Disks of Early-Type Galaxies. I. Surface-Brightness Profiles of Barred Galaxies. AJ 135:20–54, DOI 10.1088/0004-6256/135/1/20, 0709.3505

  38. Erwin P, Gutiérrez L, Beckman JE (2012) A Strong Dichotomy in S0 Disk Profiles between the Virgo Cluster and the Field. ApJ 744:L11, DOI 10.1088/2041-8205/744/1/L11, 1111.5027

  39. Ferguson AMN, Clarke CJ (2001) The evolution of stellar exponential discs. MNRAS 325:781–791, DOI 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04501.x, astro-ph/0103205

  40. Ferguson AMN, Wyse RFG, Gallagher JS, Hunter DA (1998) Discovery of Recent Star Formation in the Extreme Outer Regions of Disk Galaxies. ApJ 506:L19–L22, DOI 10.1086/311626, astro-ph/9808151

  41. Forbes JC, Krumholz MR, Goldbaum NJ, Dekel A (2016) Suppression of star formation in dwarf galaxies by photoelectric grain heating feedback. Nature 535:523–525, DOI 10.1038/nature18292, 1605.00650

  42. Freeman KC (1970) On the Disks of Spiral and so Galaxies. ApJ 160:811, DOI 10.1086/150474

  43. Fumagalli M, da Silva RL, Krumholz MR (2011) Stochastic Star Formation and a (Nearly) Uniform Stellar Initial Mass Function. ApJ 741:L26, DOI 10.1088/2041-8205/741/2/L26, 1105.6101

  44. Gallart C, Stetson PB, Meschin IP, Pont F, Hardy E (2008) Outside-In Disk Evolution in the Large Magellanic Cloud. ApJ 682:L89, DOI 10.1086/590552, 0806.3669

  45. Ghosh S, Saini TD, Jog CJ (2016) Effect of dark matter halo on global spiral modes in galaxies. MNRAS 456:943–950, DOI 10.1093/mnras/stv2652, 1511.05536

  46. Gil de Paz A, Madore BF, Boissier S, Swaters R, Popescu CC, Tuffs RJ, Sheth K, Kennicutt RC Jr, Bianchi L, Thilker D, Martin DC (2005) Discovery of an Extended Ultraviolet Disk in the Nearby Galaxy NGC 4625. ApJ 627:L29–L32, DOI 10.1086/432054, astro-ph/0506357

  47. Glover SCO, Clark PC (2012) Star formation in metal-poor gas clouds. MNRAS 426:377–388, DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21737.x, 1203.4251

  48. Grossi M, Hwang N, Corbelli E, Giovanardi C, Okamoto S, Arimoto N (2011) Stellar structures in the outer regions of M 33. A&A 533:A91, DOI 10.1051/0004-6361/201117019, 1106.4704

  49. Gutiérrez L, Erwin P, Aladro R, Beckman JE (2011) The Outer Disks of Early-type Galaxies. II. Surface-brightness Profiles of Unbarred Galaxies and Trends with Hubble Type. AJ 142:145, DOI 10.1088/0004-6256/142/5/145, 1108.3662

  50. Head JTCG, Lucey JR, Hudson MJ (2015) Beyond Sérsic + exponential disc morphologies in the Coma Cluster. MNRAS 453:3729–3753, DOI 10.1093/mnras/stv1662, 1507.07930

  51. Herpich J, Stinson GS, Dutton AA, Rix HW, Martig M, Roškar R, Macciò AV, Quinn TR, Wadsley J (2015) How to bend galaxy disc profiles: the role of halo spin. MNRAS 448:L99–L103, DOI 10.1093/mnrasl/slv006, 1501.01960

  52. Herrmann KA, Hunter DA, Elmegreen BG (2013) Surface Brightness Profiles of Dwarf Galaxies. I. Profiles and Statistics. AJ 146:104, DOI 10.1088/0004-6256/146/5/104, 1309.0004

  53. Herrmann KA, Hunter DA, Elmegreen BG (2016) Surface Brightness Profiles of Dwarf Galaxies. II. Color Trends and Mass Profiles. AJ 151:145, DOI 10.3847/0004-6256/151/6/145, 1606.00867

  54. Hu CY, Naab T, Walch S, Glover SCO, Clark PC (2016) Star formation and molecular hydrogen in dwarf galaxies: a non-equilibrium view. MNRAS 458:3528–3553, DOI 10.1093/mnras/stw544, 1510.05644

  55. Hunter DA, Elmegreen BG, Ludka BC (2010) Galex Ultraviolet Imaging of Dwarf Galaxies and Star Formation Rates. AJ 139:447–475, DOI 10.1088/0004-6256/139/2/447, 0911.4319

  56. Hunter DA, Elmegreen BG, Oh SH, Anderson E, Nordgren TE, Massey P, Wilsey N, Riabokin M (2011) The Outer Disks of Dwarf Irregular Galaxies. AJ 142:121, DOI 10.1088/0004-6256/142/4/121, 1107.5587

  57. Hunter DA, Ficut-Vicas D, Ashley T, Brinks E, Cigan P, Elmegreen BG, Heesen V, Herrmann KA, Johnson M, Oh SH, Rupen MP, Schruba A, Simpson CE, Walter F, Westpfahl DJ, Young LM, Zhang HX (2012) Little Things. AJ 144:134, DOI 10.1088/0004-6256/144/5/134, 1208.5834

  58. Hunter DA, Elmegreen BG, Rubin VC, Ashburn A, Wright T, Józsa GIG, Struve C (2013) Star Formation in Two Luminous Spiral Galaxies. AJ 146:92, DOI 10.1088/0004-6256/146/4/92, 1307.7116

  59. Hunter DA, Elmegreen BG, Gehret E (2016a) Young Star Clusters in the Outer Disks of LITTLE THINGS Dwarf Irregular Galaxies. AJ 151:136, DOI 10.3847/0004-6256/151/6/136, 1603.00495

  60. Hunter DA, Ficut-Vicas D, Ashley T, Brinks E, Cigan P, Elmegreen BG, Heesen V, Herrmann KA, Johnson M, Oh SH, Rupen MP, Schruba A, Simpson CE, Walter F, Westpfahl DJ, Young LM, Zhang HX (2016b) Erratum: Little Things (2012, AJ, 144, 134). AJ Submitted

  61. Izotov YI, Orlitová I, Schaerer D, Thuan TX, Verhamme A, Guseva NG, Worseck G (2016a) Eight per cent leakage of Lyman continuum photons from a compact, star-forming dwarf galaxy. Nature 529:178–180, DOI 10.1038/nature16456

  62. Izotov YI, Schaerer D, Thuan TX, Worseck G, Guseva NG, Orlitová I, Verhamme A (2016b) Detection of high Lyman continuum leakage from four low-redshift compact star-forming galaxies. MNRAS 461:3683–3701, DOI 10.1093/mnras/stw1205, 1605.05160

  63. Kennicutt RC Jr (1989) The star formation law in galactic disks. ApJ 344:685–703, DOI 10.1086/167834

  64. Kennicutt RC Jr, Lee JC, Funes JG, J S, Sakai S, Akiyama S (2008) An Hα Imaging Survey of Galaxies in the Local 11 Mpc Volume. ApJS 178:247-279, DOI 10.1086/590058, 0807.2035

  65. Kregel M, van der Kruit PC (2004) Radial truncations in stellar discs in galaxies. MNRAS 355:143–146, DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.08307.x, astro-ph/0408125

  66. Kregel M, van der Kruit PC, de Grijs R (2002) Flattening and truncation of stellar discs in edge-on spiral galaxies. MNRAS 334:646–668, DOI 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05556.x, astro-ph/0204154

  67. Krumholz MR (2012) Star Formation in Atomic Gas. ApJ 759:9, DOI 10.1088/0004-637X/759/1/9, 1208.1504

  68. Krumholz MR (2013) The star formation law in molecule-poor galaxies. MNRAS 436:2747–2762, DOI 10.1093/mnras/stt1780, 1309.5100

  69. Krumm N, Burstein D (1984) The extended hydrogen envelope around the dwarf galaxy DDO 154. AJ 89:1319–1326, DOI 10.1086/113630

  70. Laine J, Laurikainen E, Salo H, Comerón S, Buta RJ, Zaritsky D, Athanassoula E, Bosma A, Muñoz-Mateos JC, Gadotti DA, Hinz JL, Erroz-Ferrer S, Gil de Paz A, Kim T, Menéndez-Delmestre K, Mizusawa T, Regan MW, Seibert M, Sheth K (2014) Morphology and environment of galaxies with disc breaks in the S4G and NIRS0S. MNRAS 441:1992–2012, DOI 10.1093/mnras/stu628, 1404.0559

  71. Lee JC, Gil de Paz A, Tremonti C, Kennicutt RC Jr, Salim S, Bothwell M, Calzetti D, Dalcanton J, Dale D, Engelbracht C, Funes SJJG, Johnson B, Sakai S, Skillman E, van Zee L, Walter F, Weisz D (2009) Comparison of Hα and UV Star Formation Rates in the Local Volume: Systematic Discrepancies for Dwarf Galaxies. ApJ 706:599-613, DOI 10.1088/0004-637X/706/1/599, 0909.5205

  72. Lee JC, Gil de Paz A, Kennicutt RC Jr, Bothwell M, Dalcanton J, José G Funes S J, Johnson BD, Sakai S, Skillman E, Tremonti C, van Zee L (2011) A GALEX Ultraviolet Imaging Survey of Galaxies in the Local Volume. ApJ S192:6, DOI 10.1088/0067-0049/192/1/6, 1009.4705

  73. Lee JC, Veilleux S, McDonald M, Hilbert B (2016) A Deeper Look at Faint Hα Emission in Nearby Dwarf Galaxies. ApJ 817:177, DOI 10.3847/0004-637X/817/2/177, 1601.00201

  74. Leitet E, Bergvall N, Hayes M, Linné S, Zackrisson E (2013) Escape of Lyman continuum radiation from local galaxies. Detection of leakage from the young starburst Tol 1247-232. A&A 553:A106, DOI 10.1051/0004-6361/201118370, 1302.6971

  75. Lemonias JJ, Schiminovich D, Thilker D, Wyder TK, Martin DC, Seibert M, Treyer MA, Bianchi L, Heckman TM, Madore BF, Rich RM (2011) The Space Density of Extended Ultraviolet (XUV) Disks in the Local Universe and Implications for Gas Accretion onto Galaxies. ApJ 733:74, DOI 10.1088/0004-637X/733/2/74, 1104.4501

  76. Leroy AK, Walter F, Brinks E, Bigiel F, de Blok WJG, Madore B, Thornley MD (2008) The Star Formation Efficiency in Nearby Galaxies: Measuring Where Gas Forms Stars Effectively. AJ 136:2782–2845, DOI 10.1088/0004-6256/136/6/2782, 0810.2556

  77. Mac Low MM, Glover SCO (2012) The Abundance of Molecular Hydrogen and Its Correlation with Midplane Pressure in Galaxies: Non-equilibrium, Turbulent, Chemical Models. ApJ 746:135, DOI 10.1088/0004-637X/746/2/135, 1011.3054

  78. MacArthur LA, Courteau S, Holtzman JA (2003) Structure of Disk-dominated Galaxies. I. Bulge/Disk Parameters, Simulations, and Secular Evolution. ApJ 582:689–722, DOI 10.1086/344506, astro-ph/0208404

  79. Maltby DT, Gray ME, Aragón-Salamanca A, Wolf C, Bell EF, Jogee S, Häußler B, Barazza FD, Böhm A, Jahnke K (2012) The environmental dependence of the structure of outer galactic discs in STAGES spiral galaxies. MNRAS 419:669–686, DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19727.x 1108.6206

  80. Maltby DT, Aragón-Salamanca A, Gray ME, Hoyos C, Wolf C, Jogee S, Böhm A (2015) The environmental dependence of the structure of galactic discs in STAGES S0 galaxies: implications for S0 formation. MNRAS 447:1506–1530, DOI 10.1093/mnras/stu2536, 1412.3167

  81. Martig M, Minchev I, Flynn C (2014) Dissecting simulated disc galaxies - I. The structure of mono-age populations. MNRAS 442:2474–2486, DOI 10.1093/mnras/stu1003, 1405.1726

  82. Martin DC, Fanson J, Schiminovich D, Morrissey P, Friedman PG, Barlow TA, Conrow T, Grange R, Jelinsky PN, Milliard B, Siegmund OHW, Bianchi L, Byun YI, Donas J, Forster K, Heckman TM, Lee YW, Madore BF, Malina RF, Neff SG, Rich RM, Small T, Surber F, Szalay AS, Welsh B, Wyder TK (2005) The Galaxy Evolution Explorer: A Space Ultraviolet Survey Mission. ApJ 619:L1–L6, DOI 10.1086/426387, astro-ph/0411302

  83. Martínez-Serrano FJ, Serna A, Doménech-Moral M, Domínguez-Tenreiro R (2009) Disk Galaxies with Broken Luminosity Profiles from Cosmological Simulations. ApJ 705:L133–L137, DOI 10.1088/0004-637X/705/2/L133, 0906.1118

  84. Melena NW, Elmegreen BG, Hunter DA, Zernow L (2009) Bright Ultraviolet Regions and Star Formation Characteristics in Nearby Dwarf Galaxies. AJ 138:1203–1229, DOI 10.1088/0004-6256/138/5/1203, 0908.2837

  85. Meschin I, Gallart C, Aparicio A, Hidalgo SL, Monelli M, Stetson PB, Carrera R (2014) Spatially resolved LMC star formation history - I. Outside in evolution of the outer LMC disc. MNRAS 438:1067–1080, DOI 10.1093/mnras/stt2220, 1312.2584

  86. Mestel L (1963) On the galactic law of rotation. MNRAS 126:553, DOI 10.1093/mnras/126.6.553

  87. Meurer GR, Wong OI, Kim JH, Hanish DJ, Heckman TM, Werk J, Bland-Hawthorn J, Dopita MA, Zwaan MA, Koribalski B, Seibert M, Thilker DA, Ferguson HC, Webster RL, Putman ME, Knezek PM, Doyle MT, Drinkwater MJ, Hoopes CG, Kilborn VA, Meyer M, Ryan-Weber EV, Smith RC, Staveley-Smith L (2009) Evidence for a Nonuniform Initial Mass Function in the Local Universe. ApJ 695:765–780, DOI 10.1088/0004-637X/695/1/765, 0902.0384

  88. Michałowski MJ, Gentile G, Hjorth J, Krumholz MR, Tanvir NR, Kamphuis P, Burlon D, Baes M, Basa S, Berta S, Castro Cerón JM, Crosby D, D'Elia V, Elliott J, Greiner J, Hunt LK, Klose S, Koprowski MP, Le Floc'h E, Malesani D, Murphy T, Nicuesa Guelbenzu A, Palazzi E, Rasmussen J, Rossi A, Savaglio S, Schady P, Sollerman J, de Ugarte Postigo A, Watson D, van der Werf P, Vergani SD, Xu D (2015) Massive stars formed in atomic hydrogen reservoirs: H I observations of gamma-ray burst host galaxies. A&A 582:A78, DOI 10.1051/0004-6361/201526542, 1508.03094

  89. Mihos JC, Harding P, Spengler CE, Rudick CS, Feldmeier JJ (2013) The Extended Optical Disk of M101. ApJ 762:82, DOI 10.1088/0004-637X/762/2/82, 1211.3095

  90. Minchev I, Famaey B, Quillen AC, Di Matteo P, Combes F, Vlajić M, Erwin P, Bland-Hawthorn J (2012) Evolution of galactic discs: multiple patterns, radial migration, and disc outskirts. A&A 548:A126, DOI 10.1051/0004-6361/201219198, 1203.2621

  91. Minchev I, Martig M, Streich D, Scannapieco C, de Jong RS, Steinmetz M (2015) On the Formation of Galactic Thick Disks. ApJ 804:L9, DOI 10.1088/2041-8205/804/1/L9, 1502.06606

  92. Mo HJ, Mao S, White SDM (1998) The formation of galactic discs. MNRAS 295:319–336, DOI 10.1046/j.1365-8711.1998.01227.x, astro-ph/9707093

  93. Moffett AJ, Kannappan SJ, Baker AJ, Laine S (2012) Extended Ultraviolet Disks and Ultraviolet-bright Disks in Low-mass E/S0 Galaxies. ApJ 745:34, DOI 10.1088/0004-637X/745/1/34, 1111.0959

  94. Muñoz-Mateos JC, Gil de Paz A, Boissier S, Zamorano J, Jarrett T, Gallego J, Madore BF (2007) Specific Star Formation Rate Profiles in Nearby Spiral Galaxies: Quantifying the Inside-Out Formation of Disks. ApJ 658:1006–1026, DOI 10.1086/511812, astro-ph/0612017

  95. Muñoz-Mateos JC, Sheth K, Gil de Paz A, Meidt S, Athanassoula E, Bosma A, Comerón S, Elmegreen DM, Elmegreen BG, Erroz-Ferrer S, Gadotti DA, Hinz JL, Ho LC, Holwerda B, Jarrett TH, Kim T, Knapen JH, Laine J, Laurikainen E, Madore BF, Menendez-Delmestre K, Mizusawa T, Regan M, Salo H, Schinnerer E, Seibert M, Skibba R, Zaritsky D (2013) The Impact of Bars on Disk Breaks as Probed by S4G Imaging. ApJ 771:59, DOI 10.1088/0004-637X/771/1/59, 1304.6083

  96. Muñoz-Mateos JC, Sheth K, Regan M, Kim T, Laine J, Erroz-Ferrer S, Gil de Paz A, Comeron S, Hinz J, Laurikainen E, Salo H, Athanassoula E, Bosma A, Bouquin AYK, Schinnerer E, Ho L, Zaritsky D, Gadotti DA, Madore B, Holwerda B, Menéndez-Delmestre K, Knapen JH, Meidt S, Querejeta M, Mizusawa T, Seibert M, Laine S, Courtois H (2015) The Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies (S4G): Stellar Masses, Sizes, and Radial Profiles for 2352 Nearby Galaxies. ApJS 219:3, DOI 10.1088/0067-0049/219/1/3, 1505.03534

  97. Ostriker EC, McKee CF, Leroy AK (2010) Regulation of Star Formation Rates in Multiphase Galactic Disks: A Thermal/Dynamical Equilibrium Model. ApJ 721:975–994, DOI 10.1088/0004-637X/721/2/975, 1008.0410

  98. Pan Z, Li J, Lin W, Wang J, Fan L, Kong X (2015) From Outside-in to Inside-out: Galaxy Assembly Mode Depends on Stellar Mass. ApJ 804:L42, DOI 10.1088/2041-8205/804/2/L42, 1504.06821

  99. Pérez I (2004) Truncation of stellar disks in galaxies at z ∼ 1. A&A 427:L17–L20, DOI 10.1051/0004-6361:200400090, astro-ph/0410250

  100. Piontek RA, Ostriker EC (2005) Saturated-State Turbulence and Structure from Thermal and Magnetorotational Instability in the ISM: Three-dimensional Numerical Simulations. ApJ 629:849–864, DOI 10.1086/431549, astro-ph/0504669

  101. Pohlen M, Trujillo I (2006) The structure of galactic disks. Studying late-type spiral galaxies using SDSS. A&A 454:759–772, DOI 10.1051/0004-6361:20064883, astro-ph/0603682

  102. Pohlen M, Dettmar RJ, Lütticke R, Aronica G (2002) Outer edges of face-on spiral galaxies. Deep optical imaging of NGC 5923, UGC 9837 and NGC 5434. A&A 392:807–816, DOI 10.1051/0004-6361:20020994

  103. Portas AMP (2010) From giants to dwarfs : probing the edges of galaxies. PhD thesis, University of Hertfordshire

  104. Radburn-Smith DJ, Roškar R, Debattista VP, Dalcanton JJ, Streich D, de Jong RS, Vlajić M, Holwerda BW, Purcell CW, Dolphin AE, Zucker DB (2012) Outer-disk Populations in NGC 7793: Evidence for Stellar Radial Migration. ApJ 753:138, DOI 10.1088/0004-637X/753/2/138, 1206.1057

  105. Relaño M, Kennicutt RC Jr, Eldridge JJ, Lee JC, Verley S (2012) On how leakage can affect the star formation rate estimation using Hα luminosity. MNRAS 423:2933–2940, DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21107.x, 1204.4502

  106. Robertson B, Yoshida N, Springel V, Hernquist L (2004) Disk Galaxy Formation in a Λ Cold Dark Matter Universe. ApJ 606:32–45, DOI 10.1086/382871, astro-ph/0401252

  107. Roediger JC, Courteau S, Sánchez-Blázquez P, McDonald M (2012) Stellar Populations and Radial Migrations in Virgo Disk Galaxies. ApJ 758:41, DOI 10.1088/0004-637X/758/1/41, 1201.6361

  108. Rosales-Ortega FF, Sánchez SF, Iglesias-Páramo J, Díaz AI, Vílchez JM, Bland-Hawthorn J, Husemann B, Mast D (2012) A New Scaling Relation for H II Regions in Spiral Galaxies: Unveiling the True Nature of the Mass-Metallicity Relation. ApJ 756:L31, DOI 10.1088/2041-8205/756/2/L31, 1207.6216

  109. Roškar R, Debattista VP, Stinson GS, Quinn TR, Kaufmann T, Wadsley J (2008) Beyond Inside-Out Growth: Formation and Evolution of Disk Outskirts. ApJ 675:L65, DOI 10.1086/586734, 0710.5523

  110. Ruiz-Lara T, Pérez I, Florido E, Sánchez-Blázquez P, Méndez-Abreu J, Lyubenova M, Falcón-Barroso J, Sánchez-Menguiano L, Sánchez SF, Galbany L, García-Benito R, González Delgado RM, Husemann B, Kehrig C, López-Sánchez ÁR, Marino RA, Mast D, Papaderos P, van de Ven G, Walcher CJ, Zibetti S, CALIFA Team (2016) No direct coupling between bending of galaxy disc stellar age and light profiles. MNRAS 456:L35–L39, DOI 10.1093/mnrasl/slv174, 1511.03499

  111. Rutkowski MJ, Scarlata C, Haardt F, Siana B, Henry A, Rafelski M, Hayes M, Salvato M, Pahl AJ, Mehta V, Beck M, Malkan M, Teplitz HI (2016) Lyman Continuum Escape Fraction of Star-forming Dwarf Galaxies at z ∼ 1. ApJ 819:81, DOI 10.3847/0004-637X/819/1/81, 1511.01998

  112. Safranek-Shrader C, Krumholz MR, Kim CG, Ostriker EC, Klein RI, Li S, McKee CF, Stone JM (2016) Chemistry and radiative shielding in star forming galactic disks. ArXiv e-prints 1605.07618

  113. Saha A, Olszewski EW, Brondel B, Olsen K, Knezek P, Harris J, Smith C, Subramaniam A, Claver J, Rest A, Seitzer P, Cook KH, Minniti D, Suntzeff NB (2010) First Results from the NOAO Survey of the Outer Limits of the Magellanic Clouds. AJ 140:1719–1738, DOI 10.1088/0004-6256/140/6/1719, 1008.3727

  114. Sánchez-Blázquez P, Courty S, Gibson BK, Brook CB (2009) The origin of the light distribution in spiral galaxies. MNRAS 398:591–606, DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15133.x, 0905.4579

  115. Sandin C (2015) The influence of diffuse scattered light. II. Observations of galaxy haloes and thick discs and hosts of blue compact galaxies. A&A 577:A106, DOI 10.1051/0004-6361/201425168, 1502.07244

  116. Sanna N, Bono G, Stetson PB, Ferraro I, Monelli M, Nonino M, Prada Moroni PG, Bresolin R, Buonanno R, Caputo F, Cignoni M, Degl'Innocenti S, Iannicola G, Matsunaga N, Pietrinferni A, Romaniello M, Storm J, Walker AR (2010) On the Radial Extent of the Dwarf Irregular Galaxy IC10. ApJ 722:L244–L249, DOI 10.1088/2041-8205/722/2/L244, 1009.3917

  117. Schaye J (2004) Star Formation Thresholds and Galaxy Edges: Why and Where. ApJ 609:667–682, DOI 10.1086/421232, astro-ph/0205125

  118. Schaye J, Crain RA, Bower RG, Furlong M, Schaller M, Theuns T, Dalla Vecchia C, Frenk CS, McCarthy IG, Helly JC, Jenkins A, Rosas-Guevara YM, White SDM, Baes M, Booth CM, Camps P, Navarro JF, Qu Y, Rahmati A, Sawala T, Thomas PA, Trayford J (2015) The EAGLE project: simulating the evolution and assembly of galaxies and their environments. MNRAS 446:521–554, DOI 10.1093/mnras/stu2058, 1407.7040

  119. Sellwood JA, Binney JJ (2002) Radial mixing in galactic discs. MNRAS 336:785–796, DOI 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05806.x, astro-ph/0203510

  120. Shostak GS, van der Kruit PC (1984) Studies of nearly face-on spiral galaxies. II - H I synthesis observations and optical surface photometry of NGC 628. A&A 132:20–32

  121. Stinson GS, Bovy J, Rix HW, Brook C, Roškar R, Dalcanton JJ, Macciò AV, Wadsley J, Couchman HMP, Quinn TR (2013) MaGICC thick disc - I. Comparing a simulated disc formed with stellar feedback to the Milky Way. MNRAS 436:625–634, DOI 10.1093/mnras/stt1600, 1301.5318

  122. Thilker DA, Bianchi L, Meurer G, Gil de Paz A, Boissier S, Madore BF, Boselli A, Ferguson AMN, Muñoz-Mateos JC, Madsen GJ, Hameed S, Overzier RA, Forster K, Friedman PG, Martin DC, Morrissey P, Neff SG, Schiminovich D, Seibert M, Small T, Wyder TK, Donas J, Heckman TM, Lee YW, Milliard B, Rich RM, Szalay AS, Welsh BY, Yi SK (2007) A Search for Extended Ultraviolet Disk (XUV-Disk) Galaxies in the Local Universe. ApJS 173:538–571, DOI 10.1086/523853, 0712.3555

  123. Toomre A (1964) On the gravitational stability of a disk of stars. ApJ 139:1217–1238, DOI 10.1086/147861

  124. Treyer M, Wyder T, Neill J, Seibert M, Lee J (eds) (2011) UV/Hα Turmoil, Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, vol 440, 1011.2181

  125. van der Kruit PC (2001) Truncations in Stellar Disks. In: Funes JG, Corsini EM (eds) Galaxy Disks and Disk Galaxies, Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, vol 230, pp 119–126, astro-ph/0010354

  126. van der Kruit PC, Shostak GS (1982) Studies of nearly face-on spiral galaxies. I - The velocity dispersion of the H I gas in NGC 3938. A&A 105:351–358

  127. van Dokkum PG, Abraham R, Merritt A (2014) First Results from the Dragonfly Telephoto Array: The Apparent Lack of a Stellar Halo in the Massive Spiral Galaxy M101. ApJ 782:L24, DOI 10.1088/2041-8205/782/2/L24, 1401.5467

  128. Vlajić M, Bland-Hawthorn J, Freeman KC (2011) The Structure and Metallicity Gradient in the Extreme Outer Disk of NGC 7793. ApJ 732:7, DOI 10.1088/0004-637X/732/1/7, 1101.0607

  129. Vogelsberger M, Genel S, Springel V, Torrey P, Sijacki D, Xu D, Snyder G, Nelson D, Hernquist L (2014) Introducing the Illustris Project: simulating the coevolution of dark and visible matter in the Universe. MNRAS 444:1518–1547, DOI 10.1093/mnras/stu1536, 1405.2921

  130. Walter F, Brinks E, de Blok WJG, Bigiel F, Kennicutt RC Jr, Thornley MD, Leroy A (2008) THINGS: The H I Nearby Galaxy Survey. AJ 136:2563-2647, DOI 10.1088/0004-6256/136/6/2563, 0810.2125

  131. Wang J, Fu J, Aumer M, Kauffmann G, Józsa GIG, Serra P, Huang Ml, Brinchmann J, van der Hulst T, Bigiel F (2014) An observational and theoretical view of the radial distribution of H I gas in galaxies. MNRAS 441:2159–2172, DOI 10.1093/mnras/stu649, 1401.8164

  132. Watkins AE, Mihos JC, Harding P (2016) The Red and Featureless Outer Disks of Nearby Spiral Galaxies. ApJ 826:59, DOI 10.3847/0004-637X/826/1/59, 1605.05183

  133. Weiner BJ, Williams TB, van Gorkom JH, Sellwood JA (2001) The Disk and Dark Halo Mass of the Barred Galaxy NGC 4123. I. Observations. ApJ 546:916–930, DOI 10.1086/318288, astro-ph/0008204

  134. Weisz DR, Johnson BD, Johnson LC, Skillman ED, Lee JC, Kennicutt RC, Calzetti D, van Zee L, Bothwell MS, Dalcanton JJ, Dale DA, Williams BF (2012) Modeling the Effects of Star Formation Histories on Hα and Ultraviolet Fluxes in nearby Dwarf Galaxies. ApJ 744:44, DOI 10.1088/0004-637X/744/1/44, 1109.2905

  135. White SDM, Frenk CS (1991) Galaxy formation through hierarchical clustering. ApJ 379:52–79, DOI 10.1086/170483

  136. Williams BF, Dalcanton JJ, Dolphin AE, Holtzman J, Sarajedini A (2009) The Detection of Inside-Out Disk Growth in M33. ApJ 695:L15–L19, DOI 10.1088/0004-637X/695/1/L15, 0902.3460

  137. Yoachim P, Roškar R, Debattista VP (2012) Spatially Resolved Spectroscopic Star Formation Histories of nearby Disks: Hints of Stellar Migration. ApJ 752:97, DOI 10.1088/0004-637X/752/2/97, 1204.0026

  138. Younger JD, Cox TJ, Seth AC, Hernquist L (2007) Antitruncated Stellar Disks via Minor Mergers. ApJ 670:269–278, DOI 10.1086/521976, 0707.4481

  139. Zaritsky D, Salo H, Laurikainen E, Elmegreen D, Athanassoula E, Bosma A, Comerón S, Erroz-Ferrer S, Elmegreen B, Gadotti DA, Gil de Paz A, Hinz JL, Ho LC, Holwerda BW, Kim T, Knapen JH, Laine J, Laine S, Madore BF, Meidt S, Menendez-Delmestre K, Mizusawa T, Muñoz-Mateos JC, Regan MW, Seibert M, Sheth K (2013) On the Origin of Lopsidedness in Galaxies as Determined from the Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies (S4G). ApJ 772:135, DOI 10.1088/0004-637X/772/2/135, 1305.2940

  140. Zastrow J, Oey MS, Veilleux S, McDonald M (2013) New Constraints on the Escape of Ionizing Photons from Starburst Galaxies Using Ionization-parameter Mapping. ApJ 779:76, DOI 10.1088/0004-637X/779/1/76, 1311.2227

  141. Zhang HX, Hunter DA, Elmegreen BG, Gao Y, Schruba A (2012) Outside-in Shrinking of the Star-forming Disk of Dwarf Irregular Galaxies. AJ 143:47, DOI 10.1088/0004-6256/143/2/47, 1111.3363

  142. Zheng Z, Thilker DA, Heckman TM, Meurer GR, Burgett WS, Chambers KC, Huber ME, Kaiser N, Magnier EA, Metcalfe N, Price PA, Tonry JL, Wainscoat RJ, Waters C (2015) The Structure and Stellar Content of the Outer Disks of Galaxies: A New View from the Pan-STARRS1 Medium Deep Survey. ApJ 800:120, DOI 10.1088/0004-637X/800/2/120, 1412.3209

Contents Previous