Galaxy Zoo and SPARCFIRE: constraints on spiral arm formation mechanisms from spiral arm number and pitch angles

Galaxy Zoo and SPARCFIRE: constraints on spiral arm formation mechanisms from spiral arm number and pitch angles

In this paper, we study the morphological properties of spiral galaxies, including measurements of spiral arm number and pitch angle. Using Galaxy Zoo 2, a stellar mass-complete sample of 6222 SDSS spiral galaxies is selected. We use the machine vision algorithm sparcfire to identify spiral arm feat...

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Main Authors: Hart, Ross E., Bamford, Steven P., Hayes, Wayne B., Cardamone, Carolin N., Keel, William C., Kruk, Sandor J., Lintott, Chris J., Masters, Karen L., Simmons, Brooke D., Smethurst, Rebecca J.
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press 2017
Subjects:
methods: data analysis – galaxies: general – galaxies: spiral – galaxies: structure
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46875/

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