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Spiral Density Waves

Spiral Density Waves is a theoretical construct in galactic dynamics that models the spiral structure of disk galaxies as Quasi-stationary, large-scale patterns of enhanced mass density propagating through the stellar disk, where gravitational instabilities sustain coherent waveforms that rotate rigidly while perturbing stellar and gas orbits without requiring material arms.

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428

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Publications

444

On the Spiral Structure of Disk Galaxies. III. Comparison with Observations

C. C. Lin, C. Yuan, Frank H. Shu · The Astrophysical Journal · 1969 · 436 citations

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DISCOVERY OF SMALL-SCALE SPIRAL STRUCTURES IN THE DISK OF SAO 206462 (HD 135344B): IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PHYSICAL STATE OF THE DISK FROM SPIRAL DENSITY WAVE THEORY

Takayuki Muto, C. A. Grady, Jun Hashimoto et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 2012 · 400 citations · Full text

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An Eccentric Circumbinary Accretion Disk and the Detection of Binary Massive Black Holes

Andrew MacFadyen, Miloš Milosavljević · The Astrophysical Journal · 2008 · 395 citations · Full text

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Pulsar Rotation Measures and the Large‐Scale Structure of the Galactic Magnetic Field

J. L. Han, R. N. Manchester, A. G. Lyne et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 2006 · 392 citations · Full text

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The Distance to the Perseus Spiral Arm in the Milky Way

Ye Xu, M. J. Reid, Xin Zheng et al. · Science · 2005 · 380 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. BG
    Bruce G. Elmegreen

    IBM (United States), United States

    17 publications · 1.4K citations

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  2. FH
    Frank H. Shu

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    14 publications · 1.8K citations

    13

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  3. DM
    D. M. Elmegreen

    Vassar College, United States

    10 publications · 859 citations

    10

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  4. CY
    Chi Yuan

    Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

    10 publications · 298 citations

    10

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  5. EG
    Evgeny Griv

    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

    9 publications · 176 citations

    9

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Institutions

428

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    21 h-index

    64 publications

    6.6K citations

  2. Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

    Heidelberg, Germany

    20 h-index

    55 publications

    7.7K citations

  3. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    17 h-index

    27 publications

    1.7K citations

  4. Institute for Advanced Study

    Princeton, United States

    16 h-index

    22 publications

    1.8K citations

  5. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    16 h-index

    36 publications

    5.7K citations

  6. Heidelberg University

    Heidelberg, Germany

    14 h-index

    29 publications

    2.2K citations

  7. Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica

    Taipei, Taiwan

    14 h-index

    26 publications

    1.7K citations

  8. Space Telescope Science Institute

    Baltimore, United States

    12 h-index

    20 publications

    1.4K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 154 publications · 11.6K citations

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    92 publications · 4.1K citations

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    27 publications · 1.2K citations

    21

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  4. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 24 publications · 1.3K citations

    19

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  5. The Astrophysical Journal Letters

    12 publications · 1.3K citations

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