Title: Radial distribution of CO in barred spirals and the bar structure of our Galaxy
Abstract: CO data concerning three barred spiral galaxies (Maffei 2 and NGC 2903, as well as NGC 253) have been analyzed to obtain the radial distribution of the CO surface density. The radial distribution shows a strong peak at the galactic centers, and a secondary peak at distances of a few kiloparsec from the center, which are very similar to that of our Galaxy. The observational results and numerical simulations suggest that our Galaxy has a barred shape
Publication Year: 1992
Publication Date: 1992-07-01
Language: en
Type: article
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