Bars and the symmetry of star formation patterns in the discs of spiral galaxies

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 301, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 631-639

  Rozas, M ^a   Knapen, J H ^b   Beckman, J E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galaxies: spiral; Galaxies: structure; Stars: formation

Indexed keywords

LUMINANCE; STARS;

BAR STRENGTH; CROSS-CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEGREE OF SYMMETRY; FORMATION PATTERN; GALAXIES: SPIRALS; GALAXIES:STRUCTURE; SPIRAL GALAXIES; STARS FORMATION; TWOFOLD SYMMETRY; UNFOLDINGS;

GALAXIES;

EID: 0008599399     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-8711.1998.01945.x     Document Type: Article

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