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5.5. The detection of a gas-rich bar in the interacting galaxy UGC 2855

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

S. Hüttemeister ,
S. Aalto  and
W. F. Wall
S. Hüttemeister
Affiliation:
RAIUB, Bonn, Germany / CfA, Cambridge, USA
S. Aalto
Affiliation:
Onsala Rymdobservatorium, Sweden / Caltech, Pasadena, USA
W. F. Wall
Affiliation:
INAOE, Pueblo, Mexico

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Bars fuel the prolific star formation rate in many Starburst galaxies. They provide a mechanism for feeding gas into the nuclei as well as a laboratory for the study of molecular gas that is unbound and diffuse due to tidal strain and cloud collisions. A large percentage of galaxies show a stellar bar which is, however, in most cases almost devoid of (molecular) gas, except in the central region. Thus, long gaseous bars are rare and transient phenomena.

Type
Part II. Nuclear Interstellar Medium
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 184: The Central Regions of the Galaxy and Galaxies , 1998 , pp. 219 - 220
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1998 

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