In Coevolution of Black Holes and Galaxies, from the Carnegie Observatories Centennial Symposia. Published by Cambridge University Press, as part of the Carnegie Observatories Astrophysics Series. Edited by L. C. Ho, 2004, p. 231.
astro-ph/0306021

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Abstract. I review some recent results on the inner properties of disk galaxies, and highlight some issues that require either observational or theoretical clarification and that are important for constructing a consistent picture of the formation of the local disk galaxy population.

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DISK GALAXIES: RECIPE STILL MISSING

FIRST FACT: COMPLEXITY IS THE RULE

NEWS ON BULGES

NEWS ON DISKS

A ZOOM ON THE CENTERS: POINT SOURCES AND DISTINCT NUCLEI

FUTURE CHALLENGES

Disks

Bulges

The Nature and Role of Nuclei and Central Black Holes

CONCLUDING REMARKS

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