Shapes of Galaxies and Their Dark Halos, the - Proceedings of the Yale Cosmology Workshop

This book constitutes the proceedings of a very topical workshop aimed at understanding the shapes of the baryonic and dark matter components of galaxies. Several groups presented their recent results from observations and numerical N-body simulations.Contents: Intrinsic Shapes of GalaxiesShapes from Lensing StudiesDark Matter Halos from N-Body SimulationsShapes Mapped Using Stellar TracersShapes from HI Studies and Polar RingsShapes from Studies of SatellitesConstraints from X-Ray StudiesShapes from Absorption StudiesReadership: Graduate students, researchers and academics in astrophysics, astronomy and cosmology.