Birth, Aging, and Death of Galactic Bars

Details Birth, Aging, and Death of Galactic Bars Birth, Aging, and Death of Galactic Bars

1999-03-10

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9903143v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

12 pages with 3 figures. To be published in the proceedings of "The Evolution of Galaxies on Cosmological Timescales" ed. J.E.

Scientific paper

The life of disk galaxies is likely punctuated with the birth (spontaneous or induced), the aging (quick or slow), and the death (sudden or progressive) of bars. These events are responsible for various major changes of the galaxy which occur both on dynamical ($\sim$0.1 Gyr) and cosmological ($\sim$10 Gyr) time-scales, as well as both on large- ($\ga$10 kpc) and small-scales ($\la$1 kpc). These modifications affect the morphology, the orbital structure, the dynamics, the star formation and central fueling rates, the abundance profiles, etc. As a consequence, remarkable galaxy metamorphoses within the Hubble sequence can be observed. The formation and the fate of gaseous bars are also briefly examined.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Birth, Aging, and Death of Galactic Bars does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Birth, Aging, and Death of Galactic Bars, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Birth, Aging, and Death of Galactic Bars will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-389003