Analysis of the distribution of pitch angles in model galactic disks - Numerical methods and algorithms

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Sep 1993

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 414, no. 1, p. 86-97.

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Computation

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Disk Galaxies, Interstellar Matter, Pitch (Inclination), Spiral Galaxies, Star Formation, Algorithms, Astronomical Models, Computational Astrophysics

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An automated mathematical method capable of successfully isolating the many different features in prototype and observed spiral galaxies and of accurately measuring the pitch angles and lengths of these individual features is developed. The method is applied to analyze the evolution of specific features in a prototype galaxy exhibiting flocculent spiral structure. The mathematical-computational method was separated into two components. Initially, the galaxy was partitioned into dense regions constituting features using two different methods. The results obtained using these two partitioning algorithms were very similar, from which it is inferred that no numerical biasing was evident and that capturing of the features was consistent. Standard least-squares methods underestimated the true slope of the cloud distribution and were incapable of approximating an orientation of 45 deg. The problems were overcome by introducing a superior fit least-squares method, developed with the intention of calculating true orientation rather than a regression line.

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