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dc.contributor.authorRozas, M.
dc.contributor.authorKnapen, J.
dc.contributor.authorBeckman, J.E.
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-24T13:01:52Z
dc.date.available2009-07-24T13:01:52Z
dc.date.issued1998
dc.identifier.citationRozas , M , Knapen , J & Beckman , J E 1998 , ' Bars and the symmetry of star formation patterns in the discs of spiral galaxies ' , Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , vol. 301 , no. 3 , pp. 631-639 . https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-8711.1998.01945.x
dc.identifier.issn0035-8711
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 155857
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dc.identifier.otherdspace: 2299/3715
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 0008599399
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2299/3715
dc.description‘The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com '. Copyright Blackwell Publishing. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.1998.01945.x [Full text of this article is not available in the UHRA]
dc.description.abstractWe present a test for the degree of symmetry in the distribution of the Hα brightness along the arms of a sample of spiral galaxies. The test consists of deriving the cross-correlation function of the Hα brightness as a function of curvilinear distance along pairs of opposed arms, after unfolding the arms geometrically. Our results reveal a significantly greater degree of symmetry in the non-barred population than in the barred. We derive parameters for both bar strength and bar ellipticity, and compare these with the derived cross-correlations to strengthen this conclusion. We suggest that density waves are a probable cause for the appearance of global, i.e. disc-wide, two-fold symmetry in spiral discs. Comparison with published work on abundance gradients in the discs of barred and non-barred galaxies indicates that, as for the abundances, mixing in the spiral disc as a result of the bar potential may well be responsible for our observation that stronger bars are related to reduced two-fold symmetry in the distribution of star-forming regions along the spiral arms.en
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
dc.titleBars and the symmetry of star formation patterns in the discs of spiral galaxiesen
dc.contributor.institutionSchool of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
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