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Density waves in galaxies of finite thickness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

P. O. Vandervoort
P. O. Vandervoort*
Affiliation:
University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., U.S.A.

Abstract

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The effect of the finite thickness of a galaxy on the propagation of density waves of the type described by Lin and his collaborators has been calculated. The calculated effect does not differ appreciably from what has been estimated previously on the basis of heuristic arguments.

Type
Part III/Theory of Spiral Structure
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 38: The Spiral Structure of our Galaxy , 1970 , pp. 341 - 342
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1970 

References

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