The Bar-enhanced Star-formation Activities in Spiral Galaxies

J. H. Huang, Q. S. Gu, H. J. Su +3

We use the ratio $L_{\mathrm{FIR}}/L_{\mathrm{B}}$ and the IRAS color index S${}_{25}$/S${}_{12}$ (both widely used as indices of relative star formation rates in galaxies) to analyse subsets (c…