Observational evidence for triggering in spirals.

Knapen, J. H.; Beckman, J. E.; Cepa, J.
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"Star Formation, Galaxies and the Interstellar Medium, Procedings of the 4th EIPC Astrophysical Workshop. Edited by J. Franco, F. Ferrini, and G.

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1993
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The authors discuss recent evidence that the massive star formation in the grand-design spiral galaxy M51 is triggered. Studying the symmetry of the Hα distribution, they extend the discussion to a small number of other grand-design spirals. Simple patterns are not readily detected.