Triggered star formation in spiral arms
Abstract
We present preliminary results for six spiral galaxies from a sample of 25, where we have used the method developed by González & Graham (1996) to search for and analyze azimuthal color gradients across spiral arms. The six galaxies analyzed here are NGC 1703 (SBrb), NGC 3001 (SABrsbc), NGC 3059 (SBrsbc), NGC 3513 (SBrsc), NGC 4593 (RSBrsb), and NGC 4603 (SAsc).
- Publication:
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Triggered Star Formation in a Turbulent ISM
- Pub Date:
- 2007
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921307002335
- Bibcode:
- 2007IAUS..237..445M
- Keywords:
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- star formation;
- spiral arms;
- density wave triggering