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Large-scale galactic shock phenomena and the implications on star formation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 August 2015
Abstract
The possible existence of a stationary two-armed spiral shock pattern for a disk-shaped galaxy, such as our own Milky Way System, is demonstrated. It is therefore suggested that large-scale galactic shock phenomena may very well form the large-scale triggering mechanism for the gravitational collapse of gas clouds, leading to star formation along narrow spiral arcs within a two-armed grand design of spiral structure.
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- Part IV/Comparison of Theory and Observations
- Information
- Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 38: The Spiral Structure of our Galaxy , 1970 , pp. 415 - 422
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- Copyright © Reidel 1970