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The Lifetime of Grand Design
M. R. Merrifield, R. J. Rand, S. E. Meidt
The lifetime of the structure in grand design spiral galaxies is observationally ill-determined, but is essentially set by how accurately the pattern's rotation can be characterize…
astro-ph2005
Pattern Speeds of Spiral Galaxies Using the Tremaine-Weinberg Method
S. E. Meidt, R. J. Rand
Spiral galaxies displaying molecule-dominated ISMs are potential candidates for pattern speed determination by the Tremaine-Weinberg (TW) method (1984); the molecular gas of such g…