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Bar-Induced Shocks and the Nature of Regions of Violent Star Formation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

A. D. Chernin
A. D. Chernin*
Affiliation:
Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Moscow, 119899, Russia

Abstract

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Gas dynamics induced by bars involves large-scale shocks. The shock fronts may be curved, especially near the bar edges. Evolution of the curved shocks can lead to effective compression of the interstellar gas which produces favorable conditions for violent star formation in the vicinity of bars.

Type
Part VII. Theory and Observation
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 157: Barred Galaxies , 1996 , pp. 426 - 428
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1996

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