TY - BOOK AU - Wada,Keiichi AU - Combes,Françoise ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Mapping the Galaxy and Nearby Galaxies T2 - Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, SN - 9780387727684 U1 - 520 23 PY - 2008/// CY - New York, NY PB - Springer New York KW - PHYSICS KW - ASTRONOMY KW - ASTRONOMY, OBSERVATIONS AND TECHNIQUES KW - ASTROPHYSICS AND ASTROPARTICLES KW - ASTRONOMY, ASTROPHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY N1 - Basic Components of the Galaxy and Spiral Galaxies -- The Galactic Center and Central Region of Galaxies -- Nearby Galaxies -- Galactic Evolution and Environment -- Poster Papers N2 - This is a proceedings book of the symposium "Mapping the Galaxy and Nearby Galaxies" held on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, Japan, on June 25 - 30, 2006. The symposium focused on mapping the interstellar media and other components in galaxies. Latest results of the following main topics are presented in the volume: Our Galaxy -- mass distribution, local ISM, supermassive black holes and their environments Central part of nearby galaxies -- ISM around starbursts, fueling mechanisms Nearby Galaxies -- molecular gas and star formation, gas dynamics Galactic environment and evolution -- formation of our Galaxy, origin of supermassive black holes The nature of the Dark Matter component -- effects on the internal structures of galaxies UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72768-4 ER -