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Dynamics of the Gas in Spiral Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

William W. Roberts Jr.
William W. Roberts Jr.*
Affiliation:
University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia

Abstract

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The dynamics of the gaseous component in disk-shaped galaxies is thought to play an important governing role in star formation, molecule formation, and the degree of development of spiral structure. The prospect that density waves and galactic shock waves are present on the large-scale has received support in recent years from a variety of observational studies. Large-scale shocks provide a most promising mechanism for driving star-forming and molecule-forming events on the scales of many kpc along spiral arms. Such shocks may also govern the kinematics and relative distribution of various galactic tracers. This is particularly apparent in M81 and other external spirals, because of our “bird’s-eye-view” perspective, and for the tracers of HI and CO in our own Galaxy. Comparison of the CO observations with model simulations based on the precepts of the density wave theory shows that these precepts are supported by several observational results.

Type
Part I: Formation and Evolution of Disc Galaxies
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 45: Chemical and Dynamical Evolution of our Galaxy , September 1977 , pp. 11 - 30
Copyright
Copyright © Geneva Observatory 1977

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