Contents

• List of Tables
• List of Figures
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• The Faint Galaxy Excess Problem
  • The Local Galaxy Luminosity Function
  • Number Counts
  • Redshift Distribution
  • Evolution of the Galaxy Luminosity Function
    • The Canada-France Redshift Survey
    • The Autofib Survey
  • Hubble Space Telescope Imaging
• Models
  • Luminosity evolution
  • Merger model
• Internal Kinematics of Distant Galaxies
  • A Critical Test
  • Previous Studies
  • Spatially-Resolved [OII] Internal Kinematics
    • Physics of the [OII] emission line doublet
    • An Internal Kinematics Survey at CFHT
• Data
  • Sample Selection
  • Observations
    • MOS/SIS
    • SIS Observations
    • MOS Observations
  • Pre-Processing
• Synthetic Rotation Curve Fitting
  • Fitting Model
    • Parameters
    • Surface Brightness Profile
    • Velocity Field
    • Spectra, PSF and Instrumental Profiles
  • Fitting Algorithm
    • An Example: The Suspicious Coin
  • ELFIT2D: 2D Emission Line Fitting
  • Simulations
    • Confidence Intervals
    • Parameter Recovery
• Results
  • Broad-Band Light Profiles
  • Parameter Values and Probability Distributions
  • [OII] Morphologies
  • Intermediate Redshift Tully-Fisher Relation
• Discussion
  • The Local Tully-Fisher Relation
  • Morphological Dependence of the Tully-Fisher Relation
  • Kinematical Evidence for Luminosity Evolution
  • Comparison with Other Works
• Conclusion and Future Work
• References
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