Galaxy Zoo: constraining the origin of spiral arms

Since the discovery that the majority of low-redshift galaxies exhibit some level of spiral structure, a number of theories have been proposed as to why these patterns exist. A popular explanation is a process known as swing amplification, yet there is no observational evidence to prove that such a...

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Main Authors: Hart, Ross E., Bamford, Steven P., Keel, William C., Kruk, Sandor J., Masters, Karen L., Simmons, Brooke D., Smethurst, Rebecca J.
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press 2018
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51705/