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Astrophysical JournalWe study how bar strength and bar kinematics affect star formation in different regions of the bar by creating radial profiles of EW[H α ] and D _n 4000 using data from Sloan Digital Sky Survey-IV Mapping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory ...
Tobias Géron +7 more
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Spirality: A Novel Way to Measure Spiral Arm Pitch Angle
Galaxies, 2022 We present the MATLAB code Spirality, a novel method for measuring spiral arm pitch angles by fitting galaxy images to spiral templates of known pitch. Computation time is typically on the order of 2 min per galaxy, assuming 8 GB of working memory.
Deanna Shields +9 more
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The Chemodynamics of the Stellar Populations in M31 from APOGEE Integrated-light Spectroscopy
The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 We present an analysis of nearly 1000 near-infrared, integrated-light spectra from APOGEE in the inner ∼7 kpc of M31. We utilize full-spectrum fitting with A-LIST simple stellar population spectral templates that represent a population of stars with the ...
Benjamin J. Gibson +10 more
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The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 We investigate the influence of Toomre’s Q parameter on the bar-forming dynamics of the Maclaurin disk using N -body simulations. According to Toomre’s criterion, the local velocity dispersion parametrized by Q ≥ 1 is required to suppress the local ...
T. Worrakitpoonpon
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First Look at z > 1 Bars in the Rest-frame Near-infrared with JWST Early CEERS Imaging
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2023 Stellar bars are key drivers of secular evolution in galaxies and can be effectively studied using rest-frame near-infrared (NIR) images, which trace the underlying stellar mass and are less impacted by dust and star formation than rest-frame UV or ...
Yuchen Guo +47 more
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Unraveling Joint Evolution of Bars, Star Formation, and Active Galactic Nuclei of Disk Galaxies
The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 We aim to unravel the interplay between bars, star formation (SF), and active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in barred galaxies. To this end, we utilize the SDSS DR12 to select a sample of nearby (0.02 < z < 0.06) disk galaxies that are suitable for bar ...
Woong-Bae G. Zee +3 more
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Towards understanding the dynamics of the bar/bulge region in our Galaxy
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2012 I review some of the work on bars which is closely linked to the bar/bulge system in our Galaxy. Several independent studies, using totally independent methods, come to the same results about the 3D structure of a bar, i.e., that a bar is composed of a ...
Athanassoula E.
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Effects of the Central Mass Concentration on Bar Formation in Disk Galaxies
The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 While bars are common in disk galaxies, their formation conditions are not well understood. We use N -body simulations to study the formation and evolution of a bar in isolated galaxies consisting of a stellar disk, a classical bulge, and a dark halo. We
Dajeong Jang, Woong-Tae Kim
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Properties of barred galaxies with the environment
Astronomy & AstrophysicsContext. Bars are elongated structures developed by a large fraction of disk galaxies in their central few kiloparsecs. However, the bar formation process is still not fully understood, particularly the role played by the galaxy environment in the ...
Cuomo Virginia +4 more
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Early-growing Supermassive Black Holes Strengthen Bars and Boxy/Peanut Bulges
The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 Using N -body simulations, we explore the effects of growing a supermassive black hole (SMBH) prior to or during the formation of a stellar bar. Keeping the final mass and growth rate of the SMBH fixed, we show that if it is introduced before or while ...
Vance Wheeler +4 more
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