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The relative bar torques for 45 galaxies observed at $K$- band with the 4.2m William Herschel Telescope are determined by transforming the light distributions into potentials and deriving the maximum ratios of the tangential forces relative…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 D. L. Block , I. Puerari , J. H. Knapen , B. G. Elmegreen , R. Buta , S. Stedman , D. M. Elmegreen

We explore the significance of bars in triggering central star formation (SF) and AGN activity for spiral galaxy evolution using a volume-limited sample with $0.020<z<0.055$, $M_{\rm r}<-19.5$, and $\sigma>70\rm km s^{-1}$ selected from…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-09-09 Minbae Kim , Yun-Young Choi , Sungsoo S. Kim

As galaxies evolve over time, the orbits of their constituent stars are expected to change in size and shape, moving stars away from their birth radius. Radial gas flows are also expected. Spiral arms and bars in galaxies are predicted to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-21 M. E. Wisz , Karen L. Masters , Kathryne J. Daniel , David V. Stark , Francesco Belfiore

Inner bars are frequent structures in the local Universe and thought to substantially influence the nuclear regions of disc galaxies. In this study we explore the structure and dynamics of inner bars by deriving maps and radial profiles of…

We have measured the bar lengths and widths of 125 barred galaxies observed with CCDs. The dependence of bar strength (identified with bar axis ratio) on morphological type, nuclear activity, central and mid-bar surface brightness is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Chapelon , T. Contini , E. Davoust

We analyse the properties of strongly barred disc galaxies using the TNG100 simulation, a cosmological hydrodynamical realisation of the IllustrisTNG suite. We identify 270 disc galaxies at $z=0$ in the stellar mass range…

The IllustrisTNG simulation suite, particularly TNG50, was reported to have generated a notable population of elongated, bar-like structures within galaxies classified as Early-Type Galaxies (ETGs). In this work, we revisit the nature of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-10 Hangci Du , Yougang Wang , Junqiang Ge

We present a kinematical study of 29 spiral galaxies included in the Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies, using Halpha Fabry-Perot data obtained with the Galaxy Halpha Fabry-Perot System instrument at the William Herschel…

To address questions about the physical nature and origin of spiral arms in galaxies, it is necessary to measure their dynamical properties, such as the angular speed, $\Omega_p$, or the corotation radius. Observations suggest that galaxies…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-06-19 Alexander A. Marchuk

Elongated bar-like features are ubiquitous in galaxies, occurring at the centers of approximately two-thirds of spiral disks in the nearby Universe. Due to gravitational interactions between the bar and the other components of galaxies, it…

We use a gravitational bar torque method to compare bar strengths (the maximum tangential force normalized by radial force) in B and H-band images of 152 galaxies from the Ohio State University Bright Spiral Galaxy Survey. Our main…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 T. Speltincx , E. Laurikainen , H. Salo

We carry out a direct search for bar-like non-circular flows in intermediate-inclination, gas-rich disk galaxies with a range of morphological types and photometric bar classifications from the first data release (DR1) of the CALIFA survey.…

There is now clear evidence, from a variety of studies, that galactic bars contribute to and/or accelerate processes which quench galaxies. However, bars have a variety of strengths and pattern speeds, and previous work has suggested that…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-22 Petra Mengistu , Karen L. Masters , Tobias Geron , R. J. Smethurst , Chris Lintott , B. D. Simmons

We show that bars in galaxy models having halos of moderate density and a variety of velocity distributions all experience a strong drag from dynamical friction unless the halo has large angular momentum in the same sense as the disk. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Victor P. Debattista , J. A. Sellwood

Over half of disk galaxies are barred, yet the mechanisms for bar formation and the life-time of bar buckling remain poorly understood. In simulations, a thin bar undergoes a rapid (<1 Gyr) event called "buckling," during which the inner…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-03-16 K. M. Xiang , D. M. Nataf , E. Athanassoula , N. L. Zakamska , K. Rowlands , K. Masters , A. Fraser-McKelvie , N. Drory , K. Kraljic

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

The dynamical stability and evolution of disc galaxies with different disc thickness as well as various fraction and concentration of stellar counter-rotation is investigated with self-consistent numerical simulations. In particular,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Friedli

We study dynamics of bars in models of disk galaxies embeded in realistic dark matter halos. We find that disk thickness plays an important, if not dominant, role in the evolution and structure of the bars. We also make extensive numerical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 A. Klypin , O. Valenzuela , P. Colin , T. Quinn

We find that nuclear rings in barred galaxies can be subject to a new type of non-self-gravitational dynamical instability. The instability leads to the formation of gaseous molecular bars with pattern speeds which are substantially slower…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Clayton Heller , Isaac Shlosman , Peter Englmaier