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We present IRAM Plateau de Bure interferometric detections of CO(1-0) emission from a 24um-selected sample of star-forming galaxies at z=0.4. The galaxies have PAH 7.7um-derived star formation rates of SFR~30-60 M_Sun/yr and stellar masses…

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Using a variety of parameters of local galaxy density, we have examined the effects of the environmental density on the presence of bar structures in spiral galaxies of various morphological types. For an extensive sample of nearby…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-22 G. Giuricin , F. Mardirossian , M. Mezzetti , P. Monaco

We investigate the dependence of occurrence of bars in galaxies on galaxy properties and environment. We use a volume-limited sample of 33,391 galaxies brighter than $M_{r}=-19.5+5$log$h$ at $0.02\le z\le0.05489$, drawn from the SDSS DR 7.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Gwang-Ho Lee , Changbom Park , Myung Gyoon Lee , Yun-Young Choi

Bars inhabit the majority of local-Universe disk galaxies and may be important drivers of galaxy evolution through the redistribution of gas and angular momentum within disks. We investigate the star formation and gas properties of bars in…

We report ALMA observations of the most massive (star forming) galaxy in the redshift range 3<z<4 within the whole GOODS-S field. We detect a large elongated structure of molecular gas around the massive primeval galaxy, traced by the…

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

We measured the Concentration (C) index of H\alpha and CO (J = 2-1) in 17 nearby star-forming galaxies from the PHANGS survey. We have found four barred spiral galaxies with a C(H\alpha)/C(CO) ratio of ~ 0.3-0.4, while the other 13 galaxies…

Although more than two-thirds of star-forming disk galaxies in the local universe are barred, some galaxies remain un-barred, occupying the upper half of the Hubble tuning fork diagram. Numerical simulations almost always produce bars…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-05-16 Kanak Saha , Bruce Elmegreen

At the highest stellar masses (log(\mstar) $\gtrsim$ 11.5 \msun), only a small fraction of galaxies are disk-like and actively star-forming objects. These so-called `super spirals' are ideal objects to better understand how galaxy evolution…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-05-10 Ute Lisenfeld , Patrick M. Ogle , Philip N. Appleton , Thomas H. Jarrett , Blanca M. Moncada-Cuadri

Galactic bars can drive cold gas inflows towards the centres of galaxies. The gas transport happens primarily through the so-called bar ``dust lanes'', which connect the galactic disc at kpc scales to the nuclear rings at hundreds of pc…

We studied the fraction and properties of bars in a sample of about 3000 galaxies extracted from SDSS-DR5. This represents a volume limited sample with galaxies located between redshift 0.01<z<0.04, absolute magnitude Mr>-20, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-02-04 J. Méndez-Abreu , J. A. L. Aguerri , E. M. Corsini

We use a sample of powerful z~0.1 type 2 quasars ('obscured'; log[L(AGN)/erg/s]>~45), which host kiloparsec-scale ionized outflows and jets, to identify possible signatures of AGN feedback on the total molecular gas reservoirs of their host…

The circular speed curve of the Milky Way provides a key constraint on its mass distribution, reflecting the axisymmetric component of the gravitational potential. This is especially critical in the inner Galaxy ($R \lesssim 4$ kpc), where…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-18 Junichi Baba

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

We use a set of observational data for galaxy cold gas mass fraction and gas phase metallicity to constrain the content, inflow and outflow of gas in central galaxies hosted by halos with masses between $10^{11} M_{\odot}$ to $10^{12}…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-22 Zhankui Lu , H. J. Mo , Yu Lu

We determine central values and radial trends in the stellar populations of the bulges of a sample of 28 edge-on S0-Sb disk galaxies, 22 of which are boxy/peanut-shaped (and therefore barred). Our principal findings are the following. (1)…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Michael J. Williams , Martin Bureau , Harald Kuntschner

Dynamical evolution of spiral galaxies is strongly dependent on non-axisymmetric patterns that develop from gravitational instabilities, either spontaneously or externally triggered. Some evolutionary sequences are described through which a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 F. Combes

We present an analysis of new and archival ALMA observations of molecular gas in twelve central cluster galaxies. We examine emerging trends in molecular filament morphology and gas velocities to understand their origins. Molecular gas…

We have used the new extended A configuration of the IRAM Plateau de Bure interferometer to study the dense molecular gas in the nucleus of the nearby spiral galaxy NGC6946 at unprecedented spatial resolution in the HCN(1-0) and CO(2-1)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 E. Schinnerer , T. Boeker , E. Emsellem , D. Downes

We present an analysis of the environmental dependence of bars and bulges in disc galaxies, using a volume-limited catalogue of 15810 galaxies at z<0.06 from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey with visual morphologies from the Galaxy Zoo 2…