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5.20. Molecular cloud properties in the barred galaxy NGC 7479

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

S. Aalto ,
S. Hüttemeister ,
M. Das  and
W.F. Wall
S. Aalto
Affiliation:
Onsala Rymdobservatorium, Onsala, Sweden Caltech, Pasadena, USA
S. Hüttemeister
Affiliation:
RAIUB, Bonn, Germany CfA, Cambridge, USA
M. Das
Affiliation:
Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, India
W.F. Wall
Affiliation:
INAOE, Puebla, Mexico

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Bars are considered to be an important fueling mechanism for nuclear starburst activity, and are believed to be a dynamical result of gravitational interactions and merging. Furthermore, in a recent study, Das & Jog (1995) suggest that the dynamical impact of a bar will also have important consequences for cloud properties in the bar and nucleus. NGC 7479 is a barred galaxy with an unusually long and strong bar. At a distance of D=32 Mpc the bar length is ≈10 kpc. We selected NGC 7479 for a study of cloud properties in bars because of its proximity and because molecular gas is distributed along the whole length of the bar (e.g. Quillen et al. 1995).

Type
Part II. Nuclear Interstellar Medium
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 184: The Central Regions of the Galaxy and Galaxies , 1998 , pp. 251 - 252
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1998 

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