Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Aug 1989
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989apj...343..608c&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 343, Aug. 15, 1989, p. 608-616.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Barred Galaxies, Gas Dynamics, Stellar Motions, Corotation, Orbit Calculation, Orbital Resonances (Celestial Mechanics), Stellar Orbits
Scientific paper
The stellar and gas dynamics of several models of barred galaxies were studied, and results for some representative cases are reported for galaxies in which the stars and gas respond to the same potentials. Inside corotation there are two main families of periodic orbits, designated x1 and 4/1. Close to the center, the x1 orbits are like elongated ellipses. As the 4/1 resonance is approached, these orbits become like lozenges, with apices along the bar and perpendicular to it. The family 4/1 consists of orbits like parallelograms which produce the boxy component of the bar. The orbits in spirals outside corotation enhance the spiral between the outer -4/1 resonance and the outer Lindblad resonance. Between corotation and the -4/1 resonance in strong spirals, the orbits are mostly stochastic and fill almost circular rings. A spiral field must be added to gasdynamical models to obtain gaseous arms extending from the end of a bar.
Contopoulos George
England Martin N.
Gottesman Stephen T.
Hunter James H. Jr.
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