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Galactic Shear

Galactic Shear is a kinematic phenomenon in galactic dynamics characterized by the differential rotation of adjacent regions of a galaxy, where the relative motion of stars or gas clouds results in a velocity gradient across a given radial distance from the galactic center.

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Variants

Galactic Differential Rotation

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88

The existence and shapes of dust lanes in galactic bars

E. Athanassoula · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 1992 · 1K citations · Full text

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The Shear Testing Programme – I. Weak lensing analysis of simulated ground-based observations

Catherine Heymans, Ludovic Van Waerbeke, David Bacon et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2006 · 507 citations · Full text

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Intrinsic galaxy alignments from the 2SLAQ and SDSS surveys: luminosity and redshift scalings and implications for weak lensing surveys

Christopher M. Hirata, Rachel Mandelbaum, Mustapha Ishak et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2007 · 286 citations · Full text

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The Shear TEsting Programme 2: Factors affecting high precision weak lensing analyses

CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2006 · 245 citations

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Giant Molecular Clouds in M33. II. High‐Resolution Observations

The Astrophysical Journal · 2003 · 212 citations · Full text

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Authors

288

  1. PS
    Peter Schneider

    University of Bonn, Germany

    4 publications · 105 citations

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  2. MR
    Mark R. Krumholz

    Australian National University, Australia

    3 publications · 229 citations

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  3. BG
    Bruce G. Elmegreen

    IBM (United States), United States

    3 publications · 150 citations

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  4. JM
    J. M. Diederik Kruijssen

    Heidelberg University, Germany

    3 publications · 215 citations

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  5. HH
    Henk Hoekstra

    Leiden University, Netherlands

    3 publications · 715 citations

    3

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Institutions

194

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    10 h-index

    22 publications

    2.5K citations

  2. Heidelberg University

    Heidelberg, Germany

    10 h-index

    19 publications

    1.7K citations

  3. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    727 citations

  4. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    11 publications

    1.5K citations

  5. Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam

    Potsdam, Germany

    7 h-index

    15 publications

    1.3K citations

  6. University of Bonn

    Bonn, Germany

    6 h-index

    18 publications

    2K citations

  7. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    1.8K citations

  8. National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

    Mitaka-shi, Japan

    6 h-index

    15 publications

    1K citations

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Venues

  1. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    29 publications · 3.7K citations

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  2. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 22 publications · 1.4K citations

    21

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    9 publications · 426 citations

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  4. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research)

    Repository · 4 publications · 481 citations

    4

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  5. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 3 publications · 168 citations

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