Galaxy Distances and Deviations from Universal Expansion

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Barry F. Madore Department of Astronomy, David Dunlap Observatory, University of Toronto, Canada and California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, USA and

R. Brent Tully Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface ix

List of Participants xi

New Results on the Distance Scale and the Hubble Constant

G. de Vaucouleurs 1

The Magellanic Clouds and the Distance Scale M. W. Feast 7

Main Sequence Fitting and the Distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud R. A. Schommer 15

Recent CCD Observations of Cepheids in Nearby Galaxies: A Progress Report W. L. Freedman 21

Distances Using A Supergiant Stars R. B. Tully and J. M. Nakashima 25 An Infrared Calibration of the Cepheid Distance Scale B. F. Madore 29

RR Lyrae Stars in the Halo of M31 — A Preliminary Report C. J. Pritchet 35

Two Stepping Stones to the Hubble Constant S. van den Bergh 41 Physical Models of Supernovae and the Distance Scale J. C. Wheeler and R. P. Harkness 45

Calibration of the Infrared Tully-Fisher Relation and the Global Value of the Hubble Constant

M. Aaronson 55

Distances from HI Observations of Nearby Groups and Clusters W. K. Huchtmeier 63

21cm Line Widths and Distances of Spiral Galaxies

R. C. Kraan-Korteweg, L. Cameron, and G. A. Tammann .... 65 Malmquist Bias and Virgocentric Model in Tully-Fisher Relation L. Bottinelli, P. Fouque', L. Gouguenheim, G. Paturel, and P. Teerikorpi 73 vi TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Luminosity Index as a Distance Indicator and the Structure of the Virgo Cluster G. de Vaucouleurs 77

Infrared Colour-Luminosity Relations for Field Galaxies R. S. Ellis, B. Mobasher, and R. M. Sharpies 81 Minimizing the Scatter in the Tully-Fisher Relation G. D. Bothun 87

I versus (B-I) Color-Magnitude Relation for Galaxies and I-Band Distances M. J. Pierce 93

Photometry of Galaxies and the Local Peculiar Motion N. Visvanathan 99

The Motion of the Sun and the Local Group and the Velocity Dispersion of "Field" Galaxies O.-G. Richter 105

The Motion of the Local Group relative to the Nearest Clusters of Galaxies J. Mould Ill

Distances and Motions of 2000 Galaxies in the Pisces-Perseus Supercluster M. P. Haynes and R. Giovanelli 117 Elliptical Galaxies and Non-Uniformities in the Hubble Flow D. Burstein, R. L. Davies, A. Dressier, S. M. Faber, D. Lynden-Bell, R. Terlevich, and G. Wegner 123 Large-Scale Anisotropy in the Hubble Flow C. A. Collins, R. D. Joseph, and N. A. Robertson 131

An Improved Distance Indicator for Elliptical Galaxies S. Djorgovski and M. Davis 135 A Quadrupolar Component in the Velocity Field of the Local Supercluster P. B. Lilje, A. Yahil, and B. J. T. Jones 139

Is the Criticism of the Virgocentric Flow Model Justified? A. Yahil 143

Anisotropy of the Galaxies Detected by IRAS A. Meiksin and M. Davis 147

The Local Gravitational Field

A. Yahil 151

Mass Segregation, HI Deficiency and Dwarf Irregular Galaxies in the Virgo Cluster E. E. Salpeter TABLE OF CONTENTS v „

Effects of Mass Segregation in Rotating Clusters of Galaxies A. Kashlinsky 163 Measurements of the Cosmic Background Radiation P. Lubin and T. Villela 169

On the Measure of Cosmological Times A. Renzini 177

Ages from Nuclear Cosmochronology F.-K. Thielemann and J. W. Truran 185

Constraints on the Ages of Distant Giant Elliptical Radio Galaxies R. A. Windhorst, D. C. Koo, and H. Spinrad 197 Extragalactic Gas at High Redshift: A Chronograph of Nonlinear Departures from Hubble Flow P. R. Shapiro 203

Microwave and X-ray Constraints on Local Large-Scale Overdensities L. Danese and G. De Zotti 215

Supercluster Infall Models J. V. Villumsen and M. Davis 219

Virgo Infall and the Mass Density of the Universe A. L. Melott 225

A Determination of n from the Dynamics of the Local Supercluster E. Shaya 229 The Dynamics of Superclusters and Oo Y. Hoffman 237

The Distribution of Galaxies versus Dark Matter A. Dekel 243

Peculiar Velocities and Galaxy Formation N. Vittorio 251

Large Scale Structure in Universes Dominated by Cold Dark Matter J. R. Bond 255

Dark Matter, Cosmic Strings, and Large Scale Structure J. R. Primack, G. R. Blurnenthal, and A. Dekel 265

Clustering in Real Space vs. Redshift Space N. Kaiser 271

Cosmological Shells and Blast Waves J. P. Ostriker 273

More on Structure Involving 1018M© R. B. Tully 279 TABLE OF CONTENTS VIII

Galaxy Distances and Deviations from the Hubble Flow; Summary Remarks J. P. Ostriker 283

Galaxy Surface Brightness and Clustering: A Test for Biased Galaxy Formation Scenarios? S. Djorgovski and M. Davis 291 Index 295