Stellar Populations, Bars and Secular Evolution in Late-Type Galaxies

dc.creatorGadotti, D. A.
dc.creatorAnjos, S. dos
dc.date2000-08-25
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T01:55:06Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T01:55:06Z
dc.descriptionWe have done a robust statistical analysis of UBV color profiles of 257 Sbc barred and unbarred galaxies. We found that there is an excess of barred galaxies among the objects with null or positive (bluish inward) color gradients, which seems to indicate that bars act as a mechanism of homogenization of the stellar population along galaxies. Moreover, the relationship found between total and bulge colors shows that, in the process of homogenization, the stellar population of bulges are getting bluer, whereas the total color of galaxies remains the same. These characteristics are expected in a secular evolutionary scenario, and seem incompatible with both the monolithic and the hierarchical scenarios for spiral galaxy formation.
dc.description2 pages, 1 table, no figures. To appear in ASP Conference Series, "Galaxy Disks and Disk Galaxies", J. G. Funes S. J. and E. M. Corsini, eds
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0008395
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0008395
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/1541
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleStellar Populations, Bars and Secular Evolution in Late-Type Galaxies
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