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Pattern Speeds

Pattern Speed is a dynamical parameter in galactic astrophysics that characterizes the angular velocity at which a stationary, non-axisymmetric structure—such as a spiral arm pattern or bar—rotates rigidly within a differentially rotating disk galaxy.

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Pattern Speed

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Radial mixing in galactic discs

J. A. Sellwood, James Binney · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2002 · 1K citations · Full text

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Constraints from Dynamical Friction on the Dark Matter Content of Barred Galaxies

The Astrophysical Journal · 2000 · 559 citations · Full text

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On the Dynamical Foundations of α Disks

Steven A. Balbus, J. C. B. Papaloizou · The Astrophysical Journal · 1999 · 342 citations · Full text

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A kinematic method for measuring the pattern speed of barred galaxies

Scott Tremaine, Martin D. Weinberg · The Astrophysical Journal · 1984 · 333 citations

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Constraints from Dynamical Friction on the Dark Matter Content of Barred Galaxies

CLOK (University of Central Lancashire) · 2000 · 295 citations

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Authors

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  1. JA
    J. A. L. Aguerri

    Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Spain

    10 publications · 490 citations

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  2. IM
    Ivan Minchev

    Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam, Germany

    7 publications · 607 citations

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  3. VP
    Victor P. Debattista

    University of Lancashire, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 393 citations

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  4. AC
    Alice C. Quillen

    University of Rochester, United States

    6 publications · 521 citations

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  5. EM
    E. M. Corsini

    University of Padua, Italy

    6 publications · 267 citations

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Institutions

245

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    14 h-index

    24 publications

    1.7K citations

  2. Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias

    Tenerife, Spain

    13 h-index

    34 publications

    2K citations

  3. Universidad de La Laguna

    San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain

    12 h-index

    29 publications

    1.6K citations

  4. University of Oulu

    Oulu, Finland

    9 h-index

    18 publications

    719 citations

  5. University of Rochester

    Rochester, United States

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    1.2K citations

  6. University of Alabama

    Tuscaloosa, United States

    8 h-index

    16 publications

    1K citations

  7. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    19 publications

    1.6K citations

  8. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    7 h-index

    14 publications

    851 citations

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  1. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    61 publications · 5.1K citations

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  2. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 51 publications · 4.5K citations

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  3. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 11 publications · 679 citations

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  4. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    10 publications · 515 citations

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

    Repository · 4 publications · 381 citations

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