Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Apr 1978
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978apj...221..521h&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 221, Apr. 15, 1978, p. 521-525, 527, 529 (7 ff.)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
103
Astronomical Models, Density Wave Model, Galactic Structure, Hydrodynamics, Rotating Disks, Flow Visualization, Gas Density, Gas Flow, Orbits, Spiral Galaxies
Scientific paper
The response of rotating disks of gas to barlike perturbations in galactic gravitational fields is investigated. In particular, two-dimensional time-dependent numerical hydrodynamical calculations have been performed in order to determine the steady-state response of disks of gas to rotating barlike perturbations. Two types of barlike perturbations are considered: oval distortions in the axisymmetric gravitational field of the disk, and heterogeneous prolate spheroids. The calculations reveal that in the absence of gaseous self-gravity, a viscous differentially rotating disk of gas responds to a rotating barlike perturbation by forming a central gas bar with two trailing spiral waves. The local phase of the gas response is primarily a function of the number and spacing of the principal resonances in the disk. This result may be understood in terms of particle orbit theory. The gas response to barlike perturbations also depends on the relative strength and the effective axial ratio of the bar. In these calculations strong narrow bars produce offset shocks in the central gas bar. These shocks correspond in position to the long narrow dust lanes observed in many barred spiral galaxies.
Huntley Jonathan M.
Roberts William W. Jr.
Sanders Robert H.
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