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Formation Mechanisms for Spirals in Barred Galaxies

Evgenii V. Polyachenko, Valerij L. Polyachenko

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0012199

Abstract

We consider a scenario of formation of the spiral structure in barred galaxies. This scenario includes the new non-resonant mechanism of elongation of spirals, due to the characteristic behaviour of the gravitational potential beyond the principal spiral arms.

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