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Small amplitude density waves on a flat galaxy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

A. J. Kalnajs
A. J. Kalnajs*
Affiliation:
Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A.

Abstract

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By numerical methods we have found an unstable two-armed density wave on a flat galactic model. We present the results in a form of four plots, and briefly discuss the observational implications as well as the uncertainties involved in the models and the calculations.

Type
Part III/Theory of Spiral Structure
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 38: The Spiral Structure of our Galaxy , 1970 , pp. 318 - 322
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1970 

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