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Circumnuclear Star-Forming Regions in Barred Galaxies

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We present high-resolution Hα velocity fields and rotation curves of the circum nuclear star-forming regions of five barred galaxies. Two of the five objects show substantially smaller initial rises than the three others; these two objects also have spiral structure inside the circum nuclear star-forming ring.

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  1. Dept. of Physical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, AL10 9AB, UK

    Johan H. Knapen & Seppo Laine

  2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40506-0055, USA

    Seppo Laine

  3. Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38200, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

    Monica Relaño

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Knapen, J.H., Laine, S. & Relaño, M. Circumnuclear Star-Forming Regions in Barred Galaxies. Astrophysics and Space Science 269, 605–608 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017004121535

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