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Lopsided spiral galaxies [PDF]

open access: yesPhysics Reports, 2009
The light distribution in the disks of many galaxies is non-axisymmetric or `lopsided' with a spatial extent much larger along one half of a galaxy than the other, as in M101. Recent near-IR observations show that lopsidedness is common. The stellar disks in nearly 30 % of galaxies have significant lopsidedness, greater than 10 % measured as the ...
Chanda J Jog, Francoise Combes
exaly   +4 more sources

Spirals in Galaxies

open access: yesAnnual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2022
Spirals in galaxies have long been thought to be caused by gravitational instability in the stellar component of the disk, but discerning the precise mechanism had proved elusive. Tidal interactions, and perhaps bars, may provoke some spiral responses, but spirals in many galaxies must be self-excited.
Sellwood, Jerry A., Masters, Karen
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SUPERLUMINOUS SPIRAL GALAXIES [PDF]

open access: yesThe Astrophysical Journal, 2016
ABSTRACT We report the discovery of spiral galaxies that are as optically luminous as elliptical brightest cluster galaxies, with r-band monochromatic luminosity L r  = 8–14L* (4.3–7.5 × 1044 erg s−1).
Patrick M. Ogle   +3 more
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Chaotic spiral galaxies [PDF]

open access: yesCelestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 2011
We study the role of asymptotic curves in supporting the spiral structure of a N-body model simulating a barred spiral galaxy. Chaotic orbits with initial conditions on the unstable asymptotic curves of the main unstable periodic orbits follow the shape of the periodic orbits for an initial interval of time and then they are diffused outwards ...
Contopoulos, George, Harsoula, Mirella
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Galaxy Zoo:dust in spiral galaxies [PDF]

open access: yesMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2011
We investigate the effect of dust on spiral galaxies by measuring the inclination dependence of optical colours for 24 276 well-resolved Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) galaxies visually classified via the Galaxy Zoo project. We find clear trends of reddening with inclination which imply a total extinction from face-on to edge-on of 0.7, 0.6, 0.5 and 0.
Masters, Karen L.   +14 more
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Kinematically lopsided spiral galaxies [PDF]

open access: yesMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1999
6 pages, accepted for ...
Swaters, RA   +3 more
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Galaxy Zoo: passive red spirals [PDF]

open access: yesMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2010
MNRAS in press, 20 pages, 15 figures (v3)
Masters, Karen   +16 more
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Barred Spiral Galaxies [PDF]

open access: yesSymposium - International Astronomical Union, 1970
We point out some properties of barred spiral galaxies which are important for the theory of their formation and spiral structure, and describe some theoretical work on the dynamics of these systems.
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Spiral Galaxies

open access: yes, 2023
Our vision of galaxies has changed significantly since the era of large galaxy surveys like the Sloan, which gave us extensive statistics with millions of galaxies. The Hubble sequence classification described in Chapter 1 still remains very widely used but has been enriched with broad categories based on color that indicate the recent formation of ...
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