Effects of gas on the global stability of galactic disks - Radial flows

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Sep 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993apj...414..474s&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 414, no. 2, p. 474-486.

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Galactic Halos, Galactic Structure, Gravitational Effects, Interstellar Gas, Many Body Problem, Active Galactic Nuclei, Astronomical Models, Black Holes (Astronomy), Computational Astrophysics, Molecular Clouds, Starburst Galaxies

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We study numerically the effect of gas on the global stability of a two-component self-gravitating galactic disk embedded in a live halo. The stars are evolved by using a 3D collisionless N-body code, and the gas is represented by an ensemble of finite size inelastic particles. The gravitational interaction of stars and gas is calculated using a TREE method. We find that the evolution of the gaseous distribution in the globally unstable disks can be described by two different regimes. When the gas mass fraction is less than about 10 percent, the gas is channeled toward the galactic center by a growing stellar bar. For higher gas fractions, the gas becomes highly inhomogeneous, and the bar instability in the disk is heavily damped. The gas falls toward the inner kpc due to dynamical friction. Domains of both regimes depend on the efficiency of dissipation in the gas. We also discuss the relevance of the Jeans instability and give an empirical criterion for the global bar instability in a two-component self-gravitating disk.

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