Variation of galactic bar length with amplitude and density as evidence for bar growth over a Hubble time

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 670, Issue 2 PART 2, 2007, Pages

  Elmegreen, Bruce G ^a   Elmegreen, Debra Meloy ^b   Knapen, Johan H ^c   Buta, Ronald J ^d   Block, David L ^e   Puerari, Ivânio ^f  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ASTROFÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Galaxies: spiral; Galaxies: structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 55849141079     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/524359     Document Type: Article

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