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Molecular gas and star formation in the centers of virgo spirals
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Canzian, Blaise |
| Copyright Year | 1990 |
| Description | The CO and H alpha flux distributions for a sample of Virgo spirals were mapped out in an attempt to understand the coupling between gas dynamics and star formation in spiral galaxies. A broad range of morphological types were observed (types Sab through Scd) under the hypothesis that the gas dynamics is most influential in determining the overall appearance of a spiral galaxy. Only non-barred spirals were considered so that the well-studied but complicated properties of bars and their role in inducing star formation would not be a factor. All galaxies were chosen from the Virgo cluster to eliminate uncertainties due to distance errors. Since the dynamical seat of a spiral is at its center, it was expected that the dynamics of the central region would influence global properties of the rest of the disk. This could happen through the existence or absence of an inner Lindblad resonance (according to the degree of central concentration of mass) to modulate swing amplification of spiral waves, or the persistence of an oval distortion to initiate an instability which leads to spiral structure. |
| File Size | 374916 |
| Page Count | 4 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19910004903 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t2n63fk2d |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1990-07-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Astrophysics Errors Wave Amplification Star Formation Molecular Gases Virgo Galactic Cluster Gas Dynamics Morphology Distortion Resonance Spiral Galaxies Distance Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |