Branch, spur, and feather formation in spiral galaxies

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 596, Issue 1 I, 2003, Pages 220-239

  Chakrabarti, S ^a   Laughlin, G ^b   Shu, F H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California at Santa Cruz   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Galaxies: spiral; Galaxies: structure; Hydrodynamics; Instabilities; Stellar dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142229994     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/377578     Document Type: Review

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