Star Formation and the Kinematics of Gas in the Disk of NGC 628

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Dec 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004arep...48..995s&link_type=abstract

Astronomy Reports, vol. 48, Issue 12, p.995-1004

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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The radial profile of the star-formation rate (SFR) in the galaxy NGC 628 is shown to be modulated by a spiral-density wave. The radial profile of the velocity of gas inflow into the spiral arm is similar to the radial distribution of the surface density of the SFR. The position of the corotation resonance is determined along with other parameters of the spiral-density wave via a Fourier analysis of the azimuthal distribution of the observed radial velocities in annular zones of the disk of NGC 628. The radial profile of the surface density of the SFR is determined using the empirical SFR—linear size relation for star-formation complexes (giant HII regions) and measurements of the coordinates, Hα fluxes, and the sizes of HII regions in NGC 628.

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