scholarly journals How do spiral arm contrasts relate to bars, disc breaks and other fundamental galaxy properties?

2017 ◽  
Vol 471 (1) ◽  
pp. 1070-1087 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian Bittner ◽  
Dimitri A. Gadotti ◽  
Bruce G. Elmegreen ◽  
Evangelie Athanassoula ◽  
Debra M. Elmegreen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spiral Arm

scholarly journals Birth sites of young stellar associations and recent star formation in a flocculent corrugated disc

2020 ◽  
Vol 499 (4) ◽  
pp. 5623-5640
Author(s):  
Alice C Quillen ◽  
Alex R Pettitt ◽  
Sukanya Chakrabarti ◽  
Yifan Zhang ◽  
Jonathan Gagné ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Space Distribution ◽  
Solar Neighbourhood ◽  
Low Velocity ◽  
Stellar Association ◽  
Stellar Orbits ◽  
Pattern Speeds ◽  
Moving Groups ◽  
Orbit Integration ◽  
Stellar Associations ◽  
Spiral Arm

ABSTRACT With backwards orbit integration, we estimate birth locations of young stellar associations and moving groups identified in the solar neighbourhood that are younger than 70 Myr. The birth locations of most of these stellar associations are at a smaller galactocentric radius than the Sun, implying that their stars moved radially outwards after birth. Exceptions to this rule are the Argus and Octans associations, which formed outside the Sun’s galactocentric radius. Variations in birth heights of the stellar associations suggest that they were born in a filamentary and corrugated disc of molecular clouds, similar to that inferred from the current filamentary molecular cloud distribution and dust extinction maps. Multiple spiral arm features with different but near corotation pattern speeds and at different heights could account for the stellar association birth sites. We find that the young stellar associations are located in between peaks in the radial/tangential (UV) stellar velocity distribution for stars in the solar neighbourhood. This would be expected if they were born in a spiral arm, which perturbs stellar orbits that cross it. In contrast, stellar associations seem to be located near peaks in the vertical phase-space distribution, suggesting that the gas in which stellar associations are born moves vertically together with the low-velocity dispersion disc stars.

scholarly journals TESTING THE LINK BETWEEN TERRESTRIAL CLIMATE CHANGE AND GALACTIC SPIRAL ARM TRANSIT

2009 ◽  
Vol 705 (2) ◽  
pp. L101-L103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew C. Overholt ◽  
Adrian L. Melott ◽  
Martin Pohl
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Galactic Spiral ◽  
Spiral Arm

scholarly journals The Dark Matter Halo Density Profile, Spiral Arm Morphology, and Supermassive Black Hole Mass of M33

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc S. Seigar
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Dark Matter ◽  
Density Profile ◽  
Pitch Angle ◽  
Rotation Curve ◽  
Dark Matter Halo ◽  
Black Hole Mass ◽  
Supermassive Black Hole ◽  
Virial Mass ◽  
Spiral Arm

We investigate the dark matter halo density profile of M33. We find that the HI rotation curve of M33 is best described by an NFW dark matter halo density profile model, with a halo concentration of and a virial mass of . We go on to use the NFW concentration of M33, along with the values derived for other galaxies (as found in the literature), to show that correlates with both spiral arm pitch angle and supermassive black hole mass.

scholarly journals Is High-Velocity Cloud Complex C Associated with the Galactic Warp?

2003 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daisuke Kawata ◽  
Christopher Thom ◽  
Brad K. Gibson
Keyword(s):  
High Latitude ◽  
High Velocity ◽  
Large Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Alternative Interpretation ◽  
North Polar ◽  
Gas Cloud ◽  
Cloud Complex ◽  
Galactic Warp ◽  
Velocity Cloud ◽  
Spiral Arm

AbstractWe test the hypothesis that high-velocity gas cloud Complex C is actually a high-latitude spiral arm extension in the direction of the Galactic warp, as opposed to the standard interpretation — that of a once extragalactic, but now infalling, gas cloud. A parallel Tree N-body code was employed to simulate the tidal interaction of a satellite perturber with the Milky Way. We find that a model incorporating a perturber of the mass of the Large Magellanic Cloud on a south to north polar orbit, crossing the disk at ˜15 kpc, does yield a high-velocity, high-latitude extension consistent with the spatial, kinematical, and column density properties of Complex C. Unless this massive satellite remains undiscovered because of either a fortuitous alignment with the Galactic bulge (feasible within the framework of the model), or the lack of any associated baryonic component, we conclude that this alternative interpretation appears unlikely.

scholarly journals MOLECULAR GAS EVOLUTION ACROSS A SPIRAL ARM IN M51

2010 ◽  
Vol 726 (2) ◽  
pp. 85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fumi Egusa ◽  
Jin Koda ◽  
Nick Scoville
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Gas ◽  
Gas Evolution ◽  
Spiral Arm

Testing the Correlation between Spiral Arm Pitch Angle and Central Black Hole Mass

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas W. Shields ◽  
J. Adam Hughes ◽  
Scott R. Barrows ◽  
Ben Davis ◽  
Daniel Kennefick ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Pitch Angle ◽  
Black Hole Mass ◽  
Central Black Hole ◽  
Spiral Arm

scholarly journals A MOLECULAR SPIRAL ARM IN THE FAR OUTER GALAXY

2011 ◽  
Vol 734 (1) ◽  
pp. L24 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. M. Dame ◽  
P. Thaddeus
Keyword(s):  
Spiral Arm

scholarly journals A survey of eclipsing binary stars in the eastern spiral arm of M31

2005 ◽  
Vol 362 (3) ◽  
pp. 1006-1014 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Todd ◽  
D. Pollacco ◽  
I. Skillen ◽  
D. M. Bramich ◽  
S. Bell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Binary Stars ◽  
Eclipsing Binary ◽  
Eclipsing Binary Stars ◽  
Spiral Arm

scholarly journals Orbital evolution of Saturn’s satellites due to the interaction between the moons and the massive rings

2020 ◽  
Vol 640 ◽  
pp. L15
Author(s):  
Ayano Nakajima ◽  
Shigeru Ida ◽  
Yota Ishigaki
Keyword(s):  
Orbital Evolution ◽  
The Self ◽  
Mean Motion Resonances ◽  
First Order ◽  
Mean Motion ◽  
Saturn’S Satellites ◽  
Orbital Configuration ◽  
Self Gravity ◽  
Spiral Arm ◽  
Orbital Migration

Context. Saturn’s mid-sized moons (satellites) have a puzzling orbital configuration with trapping in mean-motion resonances with every-other pairs (Mimas-Tethys 4:2 and Enceladus-Dione 2:1). To reproduce their current orbital configuration on the basis of a recent model of satellite formation from a hypothetical ancient massive ring, adjacent pairs must pass first-order mean-motion resonances without being trapped. Aims. The trapping could be avoided by fast orbital migration and/or excitation of the satellite’s eccentricity caused by gravitational interactions between the satellites and the rings (the disk), which are still unknown. In our research we investigate the satellite orbital evolution due to interactions with the disk through full N-body simulations. Methods. We performed global high-resolution N-body simulations of a self-gravitating particle disk interacting with a single satellite. We used N ∼ 105 particles for the disk. Gravitational forces of all the particles and their inelastic collisions are taken into account. Results. Dense short-wavelength wake structure is created by the disk self-gravity and a few global spiral arms are induced by the satellite. The self-gravity wakes regulate the orbital evolution of the satellite, which has been considered as a disk spreading mechanism, but not as a driver for the orbital evolution. Conclusions. The self-gravity wake torque to the satellite is so effective that the satellite migration is much faster than was predicted with the spiral arm torque. It provides a possible model to avoid the resonance capture of adjacent satellite pairs and establish the current orbital configuration of Saturn’s mid-sized satellites.

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