Bibcode
Perez-Ramirez, D.; Knapen, J. H.
Referencia bibliográfica
The central regions of the Galaxy and galaxies, Proceedings of the 184th symposium of the International Astronomical Union, held in Kyoto, Japan, August 18-22, 1997. Edited by Yoshiaki Sofue. Publisher: Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1998. ISBN: 079235060X, p.113
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1998
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Descripción
The circumnuclear regions of some barred galaxies show strong bursts of
star formation organized into miniature spiral arms or rings. Recent
work has shown the relation between such regions and the structure of
the galaxies. This relation has important implications for our
understanding not only of galaxy dynamics, but also of central activity.
We present first results from a near-infrared imaging survey of
circumnuclear regions of a sample of barred galaxies, some active, some
not, using the CFH telescope. We are especially interested in the
structures giving rise to gaseous inflow in barred galaxies, and in the
relative contributions of hot and cold dust, and young and old stars, to
the NIR morphology.