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most citedThe formation of spiral arms and rings in barred galaxies

148 citations · 360 across the 9 of their papers we have counts for

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9 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

Invariant manifolds in barred galaxy simulations. II. Quantitative evidence of manifold-trapping in spiral arm formation

Toni Soler-Terricabras, Mercè Romero-Gómez, Santi Roca-Fàbrega

The main goal of this work is to quantify, through a robust methodology, the contribution of invariant manifolds to the formation of spiral arms in a pure N-body simulation, settin…

astro-ph.GA2026

Arm morphology in off-centre barred galaxies

P. Sánchez-Martín, M. López-Vilamajó, M. Romero-Gómez +1

Many barred galaxies, including the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), display strong lopsidedness and off-centre bars. The dynamical connection between bar-disc misalignments, internal…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 10 cited

Warp evidences in precessing galactic bar models

Patricia Sanchez-Martin, Merce Romero-Gomez, Josep J. Masdemont

Most galaxies have a warped shape when they are seen from an edge-on point of view. The reason for this curious form is not completely known so far and in this work we apply dynami…

astro-ph.CO2010★ 96 cited

Rings and spirals in barred galaxies. III. Further comparisons and links to observations

E. Athanassoula, M. Romero-Gomez, A. Bosma +1

In a series of papers, we propose a theory to explain the formation and properties of rings and spirals in barred galaxies. The building blocks of these structures are orbits guide…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 106 cited

Rings and spirals in barred galaxies. II. Ring and spiral morphology

E. Athanassoula, M. Romero-Gomez, A. Bosma +1

In this series of papers, we propose a theory to explain the formation and properties of rings and spirals in barred galaxies. The building blocks of these structures are orbits gu…

astro-ph2008

Invariant manifolds as building blocks for the formation of spiral arms and rings in barred galaxies

M. Romero-Gomez, E. Athanassoula, J. J. Masdemont +1

We propose a theory to explain the formation of spiral arms and of all types of outer rings in barred galaxies, extending and applying the technique used in celestial mechanics to…