Penetrating Bars through Masks of Cosmic Dust

<P>The Editors - Preface A Tribute to Cosmic Dust Pioneer J. Mayo Greenberg <EM>D.L. Block</EM> The Hubble Tuning Fork Strikes a New Note <EM>D.L. Block et al. </EM>Episodes in the Development of the Hubble Galaxy Classification <EM>A. Sandage </EM>Secular Evolution Versus Hierarchical Merging: Galaxy Evolution along the Hubble-sequence, in the Fields and Rich Environments <EM>F.</EM> <EM>Combes </EM>Dense Gas and Star Formation in Bars <EM>S. Huttemeister </EM>On the Origin of S0 Galaxies <EM>U.-Fritze v. Alvensleben </EM>Gravitational Bar Torques in the Spiral/S0 Divide <EM>R. Buta</EM> Direct Measurement of Pattern Speeds In Double-Barred SB0's <EM>E.M. Corsini et al. </EM>Gas Flows, Star Formation and Galaxy Evolution <EM>J.E. Beckman et al. </EM>Bar-Driven Evolution and 2D Spectroscopy of Bulges <EM>M. Bureau et al. </EM>Bar-Driven Fueling of Galactic Nuclei: a 2D view <EM>E. Emsellem </EM>Dust Penetrated Arm Classes: Insight form Rising and Falling Rotation Curves <EM>M.S. Seigar, D.L. Block, I. Puerari </EM>Bar Dissolution and Reformation Mechanisms <EM>F. Bournaud, F. Combes</EM> Dynamics of Doubly Barred Galaxies, also with the Inner Bar Retrograde <EM>W. Maciejewski </EM>A Coordinated Episode of AGB Star Production at Large Galactocentric Distances in the Andromeda Galaxy <EM>G. Worthey </EM>Fuelling Starbursts and AGN <EM>J.H. Knapen </EM>Penetrating Dust Tori in AGN <EM>G. Canalizo et al. </EM>Bars from the Inside Out: An HST Study of their Dusty Circumnuclear Regions <EM>P. Martini</EM> Morphology of Bar and Spiral Modes: do they relate? <EM>P.J. Grosbol </EM>Bar Formation by Galaxy-Galaxy Interactions <EM>M. Noguchi</EM> Triggering AGN's - Interactions or Bars? <EM>J.Lim et al. </EM>Triggered Star Formation: from Large to Small Scales <EM>J. Palous, J. Jachym, E. Ehlerova </EM>Investigation of Age and Metallicity Gradients in Spiral Galaxies <EM>B. Cunow </EM>Secular Evolution and the Growth of Pseudobulges in Disk Galaxies <EM>J. Kormedy, M.E. Cornell</EM> Bars and Lences in Spiral Galaxies: Clues for Secular Evolution <EM>L.K. Hunt, C. Giovanardi, M.A. Malkan</EM> Evolution and Impact of Bars over the last nine Gyr: Early Results from GEMS <EM>S.Jogee et al. </EM>First Phylogenetic Analysis of Galaxy Evolution <EM>D. Fraix-Burnet </EM>A Unified Picture of Disk Galaxies where Bars, Spirals and Warps Result from the Same Fundametal Causes <EM>D.&nbsp;Pfenninger, Y. Revez</EM> On the Generation of the Hubble Sequence trough an Internal Secular Dynamical Process <EM>X. Zhang</EM> The Angular Momentum Problem and the Formation of Bulgeless Galaxies <EM>E.</EM> <EM>D'Onghia, A, Burkert </EM>Disks Evolution in a Cosmological Framework <EM>A. Curir, P. Mazzel, G. Murante </EM>Galaxy Formation and the Cosmological Angular Momentum Problem <EM>A.M. Burkert, E. D'Onghia </EM>The Problems with Galxy Formation <EM>G. Lake</EM> The Interplay between Bars and Dark Matter Halos <EM>K. Holley-Bockelmann </EM>Resent Results from the Spitzer Space Telescope: A New View of Galaxy Morphology and Classification <EM>G.G. Fazio et al. </EM>Using Bars as Signposts of Galaxy Evolution at High and Low Redshifts <EM>K. Sheth et&nbsp;al. </EM>The VIMOS VLT Deep Survey: Redshift Distribution of a <STRONG><EM>I</EM></STRONG><SUB>AB</SUB> greater than or equals 24 Sample, and the Effect of Environment on Galaxy Evolution <EM>O. Le Fevre et al. </EM>An HST AOS/WFC H<EM>a</EM> Imaging Survey of Nearby Galaxies <EM>R.A. Jansen </EM>HST Mid-UV Imaging of Nearby Galaxies <EM>R.A. Windhorst, V.A. Taylor, R.A. Jansen </EM>Bulges, Disks and Kinematics of Galaxies at&nbsp;z ~ 1 <EM>D.C. Koo </EM>Fourier Decomposition of Galaxies <EM>S.C. Odewahn </EM>The Evolutionary Status of Clusters of Galaxies at z ~ 1 <EM>H. Ford et al. </EM>Distant z greater than 2 Protoclusters and their Galaxies&nbsp; <EM>G. Miley et al. </EM>The Galaxy Structure - Redshift Relationship <EM>C.J. Conselice </EM>The Cosmic Bacground: Evolution of Infrared Galaxies and Dust Properties. A lecture Dedicated to the Memory of Mayo Greenberg <EM>J.-L. Puget, G. Lagache, H. Dole </EM>The Physical Evolution of&nbsp; Mass and Dust in Distant Galaxies&nbsp;<EM>B. Rocca-Wolmarange&nbsp;</EM>The Warm, Cold and Very Cold Dusty Universe <EM>A. Li </EM>Turbulence and Galactic Structure <EM>B.G. Elmegreen </EM>Chaos in Spiral Galaxies <EM>F.H. Shu, S. Chakrabarti, G. Laughlin </EM>Obtaining Statistics of Turbulent Velocity from Astrophysical Spectral Line Data <EM>A. Lazarian </EM>Estimating Power Spectra of Galaxy Structure: Can Statistics Help? <EM>P.B. Stark</EM> From z greater than 6 to z~2: Unearthing Galaxies at the Edge of the Dark Ages<EM> G. Illingsworth, L. Bouwens</EM> Masks in the Milky Way <EM>K.C. Freeman </EM>The Hierarchical Formation of the Galactic Disk<EM> J.F. Navarro </EM>The SINGS view of Barred Galaxies<EM> M.W. Reagan et al.</EM> Quantifying Bar Strength: Morphology Meets Methodology <EM>P.B. Eskridge </EM>Estimation of Bar Strengths from nearby IR Images<EM> H. Salo, E. Laurikainen, R. Buta </EM>Bar Strengths Measured for the OSUBGS sample:active vs non-active galaxes <EM>E. Laurikanen, H. Salo, R. Buta</EM> Globular Clusters: Galactic and Internal Motions<EM> I. King </EM>Evolution of Self-Gravitating Gas Disks Driven by a Rotating Bar Potential <EM>C. Yuan, D.C.C. Yen</EM> Stellar Disk Trunkations:Where do we stand? <EM>M. Pohlen et al.</EM> On the unification of Dwarf and Giant Elliptical Galaxies<EM> A.W. Graham, R. Gizman</EM> Photodissociation and the morphology of HI in Galxies <EM>R.J Allen</EM> The True H2 Content of Spiral Galaxies <EM>F. Boulanger </EM>X-Ray Perspective of Early Type Galaxies <EM>D.-W. Kim </EM>Spiral Arm Star Formation in Barred Galaxies<EM> S. Baes-Fischlmair et al. </EM>Galaxy Types and Luminosity Functions in the Soan Digital Sky Survey using Artificial Neural Networks<EM> N.M.. Ball, J. Loveday</EM> Globular Cluster Systems and Supermassive Galactic Black Holes <EM>R. Capuzzo-Dolcetta</EM> Pseudobulges in Barred S0 Galaxies <EM>P. Erwin, J.E. Beckman, J.-C. Vega-Beltran</EM> Bar and Spiral Torques in the Triangulum Galaxy M33 <EM>R. Groess, D.L. Block, I. Puerari </EM>Bar Parameters from H<EM>a</EM> Observations <EM>O. Hernández et al.</EM> Molecular Gas in Classical Elliptical Radio Galaxies <EM>J. Lim et al. </EM><EM>n</EM>Bars and Dust Multi Wavelength Maps of Simulations of Galaxy Formation<EM> P. Mazzel, A. Curir</EM> How Barred is the NIR Nearby Universe? An Analysis using 2MASS <EM>K. Menendez-Delmestre et al.</EM> Truncation of Stellar Disks at high Redshift <EM>J. Perez</EM> Is there a Large Stellar Bar in the LSB Galaxy UGC7321? <EM>M. Pohlen, M. Balcells, L.D. Matthews </EM>Spiral structure of the Milky Way: The state of Affairs <EM>T. Steiman-Cameron, M. Wolfire, D. Hollenbach</EM> Uncovering Morphology from dust: a NIR View of the Interacting Galaxy Pair NGC5394/95 <EM>M. Valdez-Gutiérrez, I. Puerari, I. Hernández-López</EM> SCUBA Local Universe Galaxy Survey <EM>V. Vlahakis, S. Eales, L. Dunne </EM>How JWST can measure First Light, Reionization and Galaxy Assembly <EM>R.A. Windhorst, H. Yan </EM>High Resolution Velocity Fields in the Strongly Barred Galaxy NGC 1530<EM> A. Zurita et al. </EM>Panel Discussion -Closing Conference Thoughts by <EM>Vera Rubin</EM> The Noblest Scientific Problem of the Age: Perspectives on the Transit of Venus, 1882 and 2004 <EM>W. Sheehan </EM>Description of the Commemorative Medallion, Struck to Celebrate the Transition of Venus, Observed from South Africa on 8 June 2004<EM> B.G. Elmegreen</EM> Caption for Colour plates The 16 colour plates List of Participants&nbsp;</P>