Spiral density wave triggering of star formation in SA and SAB galaxies

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics

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Accepted in ApJ, 74 pages and 41 figures

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10.1088/0004-637X/694/1/512

Azimuthal color (age) gradients across spiral arms are one of the main predictions of density wave theory; gradients are the result of star formation triggering by the spiral waves. In a sample of 13 spiral galaxies of types A and AB, we find that 10 of them present regions that match the theoretical predictions. By comparing the observed gradients with stellar population synthesis models, the pattern speed and the location of major resonances have been determined. The resonance positions inferred from this analysis indicate that 9 of the objects have spiral arms that extend to the outer Lindblad resonance (OLR); for one of the galaxies, the spiral arms reach the corotation radius. The effects of dust, and of stellar densities, velocities, and metallicities on the color gradients are also discussed.

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