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This paper describes a framework for studying galaxy morphology, particularly bar strength, in a quantitative manner, and presents applications of this approach that reveal observational evidence for secular evolution in bar morphology. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. R. Merrifield

An analysis of the NICMOS Deep Field shows that there is no evidence of a decline in the bar fraction beyond z~0.7, as previously claimed; both bandshifting and spatial resolution must be taken into account when evaluating the evolution of…

Bar structures are present in about half of local disk galaxies and play pivotal roles in secular galaxy evolution. Bars impose a non-axisymmetric perturbation to the rotating disk and transport gas inward to feed central starburst and,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-11-21 Shuo Huang , Ryohei Kawabe , Hideki Umehata , Kotaro Kohno , Yoichi Tamura , Toshiki Saito

We investigate the (large-scale) bar fraction in a mass-complete sample of M > 10^10.5 Msun disk galaxies at 0.2 < z < 0.6 in the COSMOS field. The fraction of barred disks strongly depends on mass, disk morphology, and specific star…

Bar-like structures were investigated in a sample of 186 disk galaxies larger than 0.5 arcsec that are in the I-band image of the Tadpole galaxy taken with the HST ACS. We found 22 clear cases of barred galaxies, 21 galaxies with small bars…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Bruce G. Elmegreen , Debra Meloy Elmegreen , Amelia C. Hirst

The classical picture for the formation of stellar bars -- key dynamical drivers of the evolution of galaxies -- is through secular evolution of instability in gas poor, stellar-dominated disks. The detection with the James Webb Space…

We present deep near-infrared K_s-band AAT IRIS2 observations of a selected sample of nearby barred spiral galaxies, including some with the strongest known bars. The sample covers a range of Hubble types from SB0- to SBc. The goal is to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 R. J. Buta , J. H. Knapen , B. G. Elmegreen , H. Salo , E. Laurikainen , D. M. Elmegreen , I. Puerari , D. L. Block

Context. Bars are elongated structures developed by a large fraction of disk galaxies in their central few kiloparsecs. However, the bar formation process is still not fully understood, particularly the role played by the galaxy environment…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-01-14 Virginia Cuomo , J. Alfonso L. Aguerri , Lorenzo Morelli , Nelvy Choque-Challapa , Stefano Zarattini

The presence of a stellar bar in a disc galaxy indicates that the galaxy hosts in its main part a dynamically settled disc and that bar-driven processes are taking place in shaping its evolution. Studying the cosmic evolution of the bar…

Galactic bars can affect the evolution of galaxies by redistributing gas in galaxies, possibly contributing to the cessation of star formation. Recent works point to 'bar quenching' playing an important role in massive disk galaxies like…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-01-22 Lucy Newnham , Kelley Hess , Karen Masters , Sandor Kruk , Samanta Penny , Tim Lingard , Rebecca Smethurst

We investigate the stellar masses of strongly barred spiral galaxies. Our analysis is based on a sample of ~14000 visually-classified nearby galaxies given in Nair & Abraham 2010(a). The fraction of barred spiral galaxies is found to be a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Preethi B. Nair , Roberto G. Abraham

We investigate the short-term dynamical evolution of stellar grand-design spiral arms in barred spiral galaxies using a three-dimensional (3D) $N$-body/hydrodynamic simulation. Similar to previous numerical simulations of unbarred,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-10-28 Junichi Baba

We analyze optical and near-infrared data of a sample of 11 barred spiral galaxies, in order to establish a connection between star formation and bar/spiral dynamics. We find that 22 regions located in the bars, and 20 regions in the spiral…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Eric E. Martínez-García , Rosa A. González-Lópezlira

We have done a detailed study on the structural and kinematical properties of lenticular and early- and late-type spiral galaxies with bars, aiming to explore the formation and evolution processes of stellar bars in galaxies, and their…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Dimitri Alexei Gadotti

We present a map of the spiral structure of the Galaxy, as traced by molecular CS emission associated with IRAS sources which are believed to be compact HII regions. The CS line velocities are used to determine the kinematic distances of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 J. R. D. Lepine , A. Roman-Lopes , Zulema Abraham , T. C. Junqueira , Yu. N. Mishurov

To address how the galaxy Hubble sequence is established and what physical processes are involved, we studied morphological properties and internal structures of field galaxies in the past (0.4<z<1). In addition to structural parameters…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-04 X. Z. Zheng , F. Hammer , H. Flores , F. Assemat , A. Rawat

We use the magnetic-hydrodynamical simulation TNG50 to study the evolution of barred massive disc galaxies. Massive spiral galaxies are already present as early as $z=4$, and bar formation takes place already at those early times. The bars…

In this paper, we use the Galaxy Zoo 2 dataset to study the behavior of bars in disk galaxies as a function of specific star formation rate (SSFR), and bulge prominence. Our sample consists of 13,295 disk galaxies, with an overall (strong)…

We examine the properties of barred disc galaxies in a LCDM cosmological hydrodynamical simulation from the EAGLE project. Our study follows the formation of 269 discs identified at z = 0 in the stellar mass range 10.6 < log Mstr /M < 11.…

Galactic bars drive the internal evolution of spiral galaxies, while their formation is tightly coupled to the properties of their host galaxy and dark matter halo. To explore what drives bar formation in the cosmological context and how…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-03-05 Francesca Fragkoudi , Robert Grand , Rüdiger Pakmor , Facundo Gómez , Federico Marinacci , Volker Springel