Constraining corotation from shocks in tightly wound spiral galaxies
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Constraining corotation from shocks in tightly-wound spiral galaxies
We present a new method for estimating the corotation radius in tightly wound spiral galaxies, through analysis of the radial variation of the offset between arms traced by the potential (P-arms) and those traced by dust (D-arms). We have verified the predictions of semi-analytical theory through hydrodynamical simulations and have examined the uniqueness of the galactic parameters that can be ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0035-8711,1365-2966
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07560.x