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I briefly review the properties of the gas flow in and around the region of the bar in a disc galaxy and discuss the corresponding inflow and the loci of star formation. I then review the flow of gas in barred galaxies which have an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. Athanassoula

We study the star formation activity of nearby galaxies with bars using a sample of late-type galaxies at 0.02$\leq z \leq$ 0.05489 and $M_r <-19.5$ from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. We compare the physical properties of strongly and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-08-30 Eunbin Kim , Ho Seong Hwang , Haeun Chung , Gwang-Ho Lee , Changbom Park , Bernardo Cervantes Sodi , Sungsoo S. Kim

The underlying nature of the process of star formation quenching in the central regions of barred disc galaxies that is due to the action of stellar bar is not fully understood. We present a multi-wavelength study of four barred galaxies…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-01-04 Koshy George , P. Joseph , C. Mondal , S. Subramanian , A. Subramaniam , K. T. Paul

We have measured the radial light profiles and global shapes of bars using two-dimensional 3.6 $\mu m $ image decompositions for 144 face-on barred galaxies from the Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies (S4G). The bar surface…

The central regions of star-forming barred spiral galaxies can be devoid of star formation because of the redistribution of gas along the length of the bar. However, there can be gas outside the length of the bar that can host star…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-07-28 Koshy George , Smitha Subramanian

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

We present results of a high-resolution imaging survey of barred S0--Sa galaxies which demonstrate that the central regions of these galaxies are surprisingly complex. We see many inner bars --- small, secondary bars (typically less than a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Peter Erwin , Linda S. Sparke , Juan Carlos Vega Beltran , John Beckman

Bars are considered an efficient mechanism for transporting gas toward the central regions of galaxies, potentially enhancing nuclear activity. However, the extent to which bars influence active galactic nuclei (AGNs), and whether their…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-06-02 V. Marels , V. Mesa , M. Jaque Arancibia , S. Alonso , G. Coldwell , G. Damke , V. Contreras Rojas

Recent analysis of stellar populations in barred galaxies have focused on the spatial distribution of stellar population ages and metallicities. However, barred galaxies are complex objects where dynamical instabilities play a leading role…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Hervé Wozniak

We present a study of the environment of barred galaxies using galaxies drawn from the SDSS. We use several different statistics to quantify the environment: the projected two-point cross-correlation function, the background-subtracted…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-06-29 Bernardo Cervantes Sodi , Cheng Li , Changbom Park , Lixin Wang

We carry out a comparison study on the bar structure in the Illustris-1 and TNG100 simulations. At $z=0$, 8.9\% of 1232 disc galaxies with stellar mass $>10^{10.5}M_{\odot}$ in Illustris-1 are barred, while the numbers are 55\% of 1269 in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-05 Ze-Bang Zhou , Weishan Zhu , Yang Wang , Long-Long Feng

We present a study of the environment of barred galaxies using a volume-limited sample of over 30,000 galaxies drawn from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. We use four different statistics to quantify the environment: the projected two-point…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 Ye Lin , Bernardo Cervantes Sodi , Cheng Li , Lixin Wang , Enci Wang

Most barred galaxies exhibit symmetric structures. However, recent studies have shown that a subset of barred galaxies exhibit lopsided morphologies. To quantify their occurrence and investigate their physical origins, we analyze barred…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-07 Junwoo Jung , Minjin Kim , Taehyun Kim

We propose a theory to explain the formation of both spirals and rings in barred galaxies using a common dynamical framework. It is based on the orbital motion driven by the unstable equilibrium points of the rotating bar potential. Thus,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-23 M. Romero-Gomez

We present a study of the stellar populations within the central regions of four nearby barred galaxies, and use a novel technique to constrain the duration of bar activity. We focus on the star formation 'desert', a region within each of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-02-03 Phil A. James , Susan M. Percival

Does the environment of a galaxy directly influence the kinematics of its bar? We present observational evidence that bars in high-density environments exhibit significantly slower rotation rates than bars in low-density environments.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-18 Natalia Puczek , Tobias Géron , Rebecca J. Smethurst , Chris J. Lintott

Bars are fundamental structures in disc galaxies, although their role in galaxy evolution is still not fully known. This study investigates the effect of the presence of bars on the environmental dependence of disc galaxies' properties…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-11-12 Pius Privatus , Umananda Dev Goswami

This work examines the evolution of bar formation in disk galaxies over the last 6 giga-years by analyzing the barred galaxy fraction as a function of key structural parameters. A representative sample of local and distant field galaxies…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-01-05 M. A. Chacón

In this study we perform a comparative analysis of the properties of the HII regions located in different areas of barred galaxies, with the aim of investigating the impact of bars on the physical properties of the ionised gas. Based on…

The inner parts of many spiral galaxies are dominated by bars. These are strong non-axisymmetric features which significantly affect orbits of stars and dark matter particles. One of the main effects is the dynamical resonances between…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Daniel Ceverino , Anatoly Klypin