Spiral triggering of star formation in normal galaxies
Abstract
We present results for 13 spiral galaxies from a sample of 31, where we have used the method developed by González & Graham 1996, to search for and analyze azimuthal color gradients across spiral arms (see figure 1 in Martínez-García et al. 2009). A total of 23 regions were analyzed in the spiral disks. Ten of the galaxies present regions that match theoretical predictions.
- Publication:
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Stellar Populations - Planning for the Next Decade
- Pub Date:
- April 2010
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921310003327
- Bibcode:
- 2010IAUS..262..381M
- Keywords:
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- galaxies: kinematics and dynamics – galaxies: photometry – galaxies: stellar content – galaxies: spiral – galaxies: structure