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Molecular Clouds in Barred Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

F. Combes
Affiliation:
Radioastronomy Observatoire de Meudon, France
M. Gérin
Affiliation:
Radioastronomy Observatoire de Meudon, France

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A stellar bar is an essential dynamical component for the behaviour of gas and molecular clouds in a spiral galaxy. It can trigger the formation of the arms and provokes radial transfer of gas. N-body simulations have shown that the bar forms easily and is very stable; according to classification, the majority of spiral galaxies are barred.

Type
II. Large Scale Processes of Star Formation
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

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