Star formation and spiral structure in M81

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy

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Astronomical Models, Density Wave Model, Galactic Structure, Gas Density, Radio Astronomy, Star Formation, Gravitational Effects, H Alpha Line, H Ii Regions, Interstellar Gas, Magnetic Fields, Nonthermal Radiation, Shock Waves

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High resolution digitized images of M81 in the radio continuum, H alpha, H I, and I band are used to see how well various density wave models agree in detail with observations. It was found that the observed width of the nonthermal radio arms favors a cloudy version of a density wave model. The radial distribution of the set of giant radio H II regions disagrees with the simple expression of Shu and Visser for star formation by a density wave. The observed displacements of the giant radio H II regions from the spiral velocity shock indicate that some revisions in the details of the ballistic particle model of Leisawitz and Bash are necessary.

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