Spiral Structure in Galaxies: A Density Wave Theory

1997/04/01 by Giuseppe Bertin, G. Bertin, Chia-Ch'iao Lin +1 · 113 citations
Engineering · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Galaxy #Geophysics and Sensor Technology #Mathematics #Nonlinear Photonic Systems #Nonlinear Waves and Solitons #Physics #Spiral (railway) #Spiral galaxy

paper · doi:10.1063/1.881734

published in Physics Today 50(4), 66-68 (AIP Publishing)

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