Radial dependence of the pattern speed of M51

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 688, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 224-236

  Meidt, Sharon E ^a   Rand, Richard J ^a   Merrifield, Michael R ^b   Hetty, Rahul S ^c,d   Vogel, Stuart N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; Galaxies: spiral; Galaxies: structure; Methods: numerical

Indexed keywords

EID: 55849142986     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/591516     Document Type: Article

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