| Issue |
A&A
Volume 385, Number 1, April I 2002
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 32 - 38 | |
| Section | Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies) | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020079 | |
| Published online | 15 April 2002 | |
Does spiral galaxy IC 342 exhibit shear induced wave transformations!?
1
Centre for Plasma Astrophysics, K.U.Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200B, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
2
Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory, Kazbegi ave. , Tbilisi–380060, Georgia
3
Tbilisi State University, Chavchavadze ave. 2, Tbilisi–380028, Georgia
4
Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, 34014 Trieste, Italy
Corresponding author: S. Poedts, StefaanPoedts@wis.kuleuven.ac.be
Received:
22
June
2000
Accepted:
15
January
2002
In this paper we argue that the peculiar magnetic spiral structure of the giant, face-on spiral galaxy IC 342 may be evidence for velocity shear induced magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) density wave transformations.
Key words: magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) / waves / galaxies: individual: IC 342 / galaxies: kinematics and dynamics / galaxies: magnetic fields
© ESO, 2002
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