@article{723383, note = {"Doctoral thesis accepted by the University of Texas at Austin, USA."}, author = {Weinzirl, Timothy,}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/723383}, title = {Probing galaxy evolution by unveiling the structure of massive galaxies across cosmic time and in diverse environments [electronic resource] /}, abstract = {Awarded the American Astronomical Society (AAS) Rodger Doxsey Travel Prize, and with a foreword by thesis supervisor Professor Shardha Jogee at the University of Texas at Austin, this thesis discusses one of the primary outstanding problems in extragalactic astronomy: how galaxies form and evolve. Galaxies consist of two fundamental kinds of structure: rotationally supported disks and spheroidal/triaxial structures supported by random stellar motions. Understanding the balance between these galaxy components is vital to comprehending the relative importance of the different mechanisms (galaxy.}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06959-3}, recid = {723383}, pages = {1 online resource (xiv, 236 pages) :}, }