Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1996-11-12
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
16 pages, including 5 figures. To appear in "Morphology and Dust Content in Spiral Galaxies", eds. D. Block & M. Greenberg (Kl
Scientific paper
Recent ground-based photometric investigations suggest that central regions of late-type spirals are closely coupled to the inner disk and probably formed via secular evolution. Evidence presented in support of this model includes the predominance of exponential bulges, the correlation of bulge and disk scale lengths, blueness of the bulge and small differences between bulge and central disk colors, detection of spiral structure into the core, and rapid rotation. Recent HST observations show that our own bulge and that of M31, M32, and M33 probably harbor both an old and intermediate-age populations in agreement with models of early collapse of the spheroid plus gas transfer from the disk. Secular evolution provides a mechanism to build-up central regions in late-type spirals; mergers or accretion of small satellites could explain the brighter, kinematically distinct bulges of Sa's and SO's.
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