Measurement of galactic logarithmic spiral arm pitch angle using two-dimensional fast Fourier transform decomposition

Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Davis, Benjamin L ^a   Berrier, Joel C ^a   Shields, Douglas W ^a   Kennefick, Julia ^a   Kennefick, Daniel ^a   Seigar, Marc S ^a,b   Lacy, Claud H S ^a   Puerari, Ivânio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ASTROFÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

galaxies: fundamental parameters; galaxies: spiral; galaxies: structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860448797     PISSN: 00670049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0067-0049/199/2/33     Document Type: Article

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