Star formation in the bars of nearby galaxies
Aims: In this study, we quantify the star formation activity in bars as a function of the host stellar mass and the morphological type. We use a sample of 70 barred spiral galaxies in the nearby universe taken from the Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies (S⁴G). The data are combined with...
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| Format: | Dissertation |
| Language: | English |
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University of Cape Town
2016
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20498 |