Search Results - "Block, David L."
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ISM properties in hydrodynamic galaxy simulations: turbulence cascades, cloud formation, role of gravity and feedback
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (11-12-2010)“…We study the properties of interstellar medium (ISM) substructure and turbulence in hydrodynamic [adaptive mesh refinement (AMR)] galaxy simulations with…”
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Pseudobulges in the Disk Galaxies NGC 7690 and NGC 4593
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Unique chemistry of a diamond-bearing pebble from the Libyan Desert Glass strewnfield, SW Egypt: Evidence for a shocked comet fragment
Published in Earth and planetary science letters (15-11-2013)“…We have studied a small, very unusual stone, here named “Hypatia”, found in the area of southwest Egypt where an extreme surface heating event produced the…”
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Variation of Galactic Bar Length with Amplitude and Density as Evidence for Bar Growth over a Hubble Time
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-12-2007)“…[unk] -band images of 20 barred galaxies show an increase in the peak amplitude of the normalized m = 2 Fourier component with the R sub(25) -normalized radius…”
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Bogus dust screens from well-mixed exponential discs in galaxies
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (11-02-1999)“…The V-K colours along the minor axes of spiral galaxies typically change from red to blue with increasing distance, giving the impression that the near side is…”
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Smooth dark spiral arms in the flocculent galaxy NGC2841
Published in Nature (London) (20-06-1996)“…Infrared observations of the prototype flocculent galaxy NGC2841 are examined. They reveal a remarkable system of long, dark spiral arms that arise from…”
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Macromolecules, Very Small Grains, and Large Dust Particles in the Whirlpool Galaxy M51 and Its Companion: A Unified View
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Reflection of Bulge Light from a 2 Kiloparsec Segment of Dust Lane in the Galaxy NGC 2841
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Morphological differences between optical and infrared images of the spiral galaxy NGC309
Published in Nature (London) (05-09-1991)“…Optical and infrared images of the spiral galaxy NGC309 are compared. Optically, NGC309 presents classic multi-arm morphology, but infrared images indicate a…”
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Cosmic Masks Still Dance
Published in Astrophysics and space science (01-12-1999)“…The Hubble classification scheme of galaxies is based on their optical appearance or `masks'. As one goes from early to late type spirals, both barred and…”
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Dust Lanes in Spiral Galaxies
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A family of cometary globules around an infrared source near the Rosette nebula
Published in Nature (London) (04-10-1990)“…A photographic enhancement technique is used to reveal a family of four "cometary" globules in the southeast quadrant of the Rosette nebula, NGC2237-2246…”
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Pseudobulges in the Disk Galaxies NGC 7690 and NGC 4593
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-05-2006)“…We present K sub(s) -band surface photometry of NGC 7690 (Hubble type Sab) and NGC 4593 (SBb). We find that, in both galaxies, a major part of the "bulge" is…”
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Georges Lemaitre and Stiglers Law of Eponymy
Published 09-11-2012“…One of the greatest discoveries of modern times is that of the expanding Universe, almost invariably attributed to Hubble (1929). What is not widely known is…”
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Bogus dust screens from well-mixed exponential discs in galaxies
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A new method to estimate local pitch angles in spiral galaxies: Application to spiral arms and feathers in M81 and M51
Published 15-08-2014“…We examine $8\mu$m IRAC images of the grand design two-arm spiral galaxies M81 and M51 using a new method whereby pitch angles are locally determined as a…”
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The Large Magellanic Cloud: A power spectral analysis of Spitzer images
Published 05-08-2010“…We present a power spectral analysis of Spitzer images of the Large Magellanic Cloud. The power spectra of the FIR emission show two different power laws. At…”
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