Star-Forming Nuclear Rings in Spiral Galaxies

Falcón-Barroso, Jesús; Böker, Torsten; Schinnerer, Eva; Knapen, Johan H.; Ryder, Stuart
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The Messenger, vol. 130, p. 40-42

Fecha de publicación:
12
2007
Número de autores
5
Número de autores del IAC
1
Número de citas
1
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1
Descripción
The study of gas transport to the inner regions of galaxies is a fundamental aspect in our understanding of the way galaxies evolve. In this context, star-forming nuclear rings are key features as they contain large amounts of gas and are the sites where a significant fraction of the current star formation is taking place in their host galaxies. Here we present some results from a study of how star formation progresses along nuclear star-forming rings in five spiral galaxies, based on near-infrared SINFONI integral-field observations at the VLT.