Astronomy:Barred spiral galaxy

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Short description: Spiral galaxy with a central bar-shaped structure composed of stars
NGC 1300, viewed nearly face-on; Hubble Space Telescope image

A barred spiral galaxy is a spiral galaxy with a central bar-shaped structure composed of stars.[1] Bars are found in about two thirds of all spiral galaxies in the local universe,[2] and generally affect both the motions of stars and interstellar gas within spiral galaxies and can affect spiral arms as well.[3][4] The Milky Way Galaxy, where the Solar System is located, is classified as a barred spiral galaxy.[5]

Edwin Hubble classified spiral galaxies of this type as "SB" (spiral, barred) in his Hubble sequence and arranged them into sub-categories based on how open the arms of the spiral are. SBa types feature tightly bound arms, while SBc types are at the other extreme and have loosely bound arms. SBb-type galaxies lie in between the two. SB0 is a barred lenticular galaxy. A new type, SBm, was subsequently created to describe somewhat irregular barred spirals, such as the Magellanic Clouds, which were once classified as irregular galaxies, but have since been found to contain barred spiral structures. Among other types in Hubble's classifications for the galaxies are the spiral galaxy, elliptical galaxy and irregular galaxy.

Although theoretical models of galaxy formation and evolution had not previously expected galaxies becoming stable enough to host bars very early in the universe's history, evidence has recently emerged of the existence of numerous spiral galaxies in the early universe.[6][7][8]

Bars

Further information: Density wave theory § Galactic spiral arms
Barred spiral galaxy IC 5201, located more than 40 million light-years from Earth. It was discovered by Joseph Lunt.[9]

Barred galaxies are apparently predominant, with surveys showing that up to two-thirds of all spiral galaxies develop a bar.[2] The creation of the bar is generally thought to be the result of a density wave radiating from the center of the galaxy whose effects reshape the orbits of the inner stars. This effect builds over time to stars orbiting farther out, which creates a self-perpetuating bar structure.[10]

The bar structure is believed to act as a type of stellar nursery, channeling gas inwards from the spiral arms through orbital resonance, fueling star birth in the vicinity of its center.[11] This process is also thought to explain why many barred spiral galaxies have active galactic nuclei, such as that seen in the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy.

Bars are thought to be temporary phenomena in the lives of spiral galaxies; the bar structures decay over time, transforming galaxies from barred spirals to more "regular" spiral patterns. Past a certain size the accumulated mass of the bar compromises the stability of the overall bar structure. Simulations show that many bars likely experience a "buckling" event in which a disturbance in the orbital resonances of stars in the bar structure leads to an inward collapse in which the bar becomes thicker and shorter though the exact mechanism behind this buckling instability remains hotly debated.[12] Barred spiral galaxies with high mass accumulated in their center thus tend to have short, stubby bars.[13] Such buckling phenomena are significantly suppressed and delayed by the presence of a supermassive black hole in the galactic center but occur nonetheless.[14]

Since so many spiral galaxies have bar structures, it is likely that they are recurring phenomena in spiral galaxy development. The oscillating evolutionary cycle from spiral galaxy to barred spiral galaxy is thought to take on average about two billion years.[15]

Recent studies have confirmed the idea that bars are a sign of galaxies reaching full maturity as the "formative years" end. A 2008 investigation found that only 20 percent of the spiral galaxies in the distant past possessed bars, compared with about 65 percent of their local counterparts.[16]

Milky Way Galaxy spiral arms - based on WISE data.

Grades

NGC 7640 is a barred spiral galaxy in the Andromeda constellation.[17]

The general classification is "SB" (spiral barred). The sub-categories are based on how open or tight the arms of the spiral are. SBa types feature tightly bound arms. SBc types are at the other extreme and have loosely bound arms. SBb galaxies lie in between. SBm describes somewhat irregular barred spirals. SB0 is a barred lenticular galaxy.

Examples

Example Type Image Information
NGC 2787 SB0 NGC 2787.jpg SB0 is a type of lenticular galaxy
NGC 4314 SBa NGC 4314HST1998-21-b-full.jpg
NGC 4921 SBab NGC 4921 by HST.jpg
Messier 95 SBb Messier95 spitzer.jpg
NGC 3953 SBbc NGC3953HunterWIlson.jpg
NGC 1073 SBc File:Barred spiral galaxy NGC 1073 (captured by the Hubble Space Telescope).tif
Messier 108 SBcd Messier108.jpg
NGC 2903 SBd NGC 2903 GALEX.jpg
NGC 5398 SBdm NGC 5398SST.jpg SBdm can also be considered a type

of barred Magellanic spiral

NGC 55 SBm Phot-14a-09-fullres.jpg SBm is a type of Magellanic spiral (Sm)

Other examples

Name Image Type Constellation
M58 M58s.jpg SBc Virgo
M91 Messier91.jpg SBb Coma Berenices
M95 Messier 95.jpg SBb Leo
M109 Messier object 109.jpg SBb Ursa Major
NGC 1300 Hubble2005-01-barred-spiral-galaxy-NGC1300.jpg SBbc Eridanus
NGC 7541 Bars and Baby Stars - potw2004a.jpg SB(rs)bcpec Pisces
NGC 1365 Phot-08a-99-hires.jpg SBc Fornax
NGC 2217 NGC 2217 ESO.jpg SBa Canis Major
Magellanic Clouds Magellanic Clouds ― Irregular Dwarf Galaxies.jpg SBm Dorado, Tucana
UGC 12158 UGC 12158.jpg SB Pegasus
NGC 1512[18] NGC 1512.jpg SB(r)ab Horologium

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Barred spiral galaxy" (in en). ScienceDaily. https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/barred_spiral_galaxy.htm. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 P. B. Eskridge; J. A. Frogel (1999). "What is the True Fraction of Barred Spiral Galaxies?". Astrophysics and Space Science 269: 427–430. doi:10.1023/A:1017025820201. Bibcode: 1999Ap&SS.269..427E. 
  3. ↑ D. Mihalas (1968). Galactic Astronomy. W. H. Freeman. ISBN 978-0-7167-0326-6. 
  4. ↑ Timothy Ferris (1998). The Whole Shebang: A State-of-the-Universe(s) Report. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-6848-3861-8. 
  5. ↑ Gerhard, Ortwin (2002). "Mass distribution in our Galaxy". Space Science Reviews 100: 129. doi:10.1023/A:1015818111633. Bibcode: 2002SSRv..100..129G. 
  6. ↑ Milky Way-like galaxy found in the early universe
  7. ↑ A Milky Way-like barred spiral galaxy at a redshift of 3
  8. ↑ Guo, Yuchen; Jogee, Shardha; Finkelstein, Steven L.; Chen, Zilei; Wise, Eden; Bagley, Micaela B.; Barro, Guillermo; Wuyts, Stijn et al. (2023-03-01). "First Look at z > 1 Bars in the Rest-frame Near-infrared with JWST Early CEERS Imaging" (in en). The Astrophysical Journal Letters 945 (1): L10. doi:10.3847/2041-8213/acacfb. ISSN 2041-8205. Bibcode: 2023ApJ...945L..10G. 
  9. ↑ "A closer look at IC 5201". https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1650a/. 
  10. ↑ F. Bournaud; F. Combes (2002). "Gas accretion on spiral galaxies: Bar formation and renewal". Astronomy and Astrophysics 392 (1): 83–102. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20020920. Bibcode: 2002A&A...392...83B. 
  11. ↑ J. H. Knapen; D. Pérez-Ramírez; S. Laine (2002). "Circumnuclear regions in barred spiral galaxies - II. Relations to host galaxies". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 337 (3): 808–828. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05840.x. Bibcode: 2002MNRAS.337..808K. 
  12. ↑ Lokas, Ewa L. (2019-09-06). "Anatomy of a buckling galactic bar". Astronomy & Astrophysics 629: A52. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201936056. ISSN 0004-6361. Bibcode: 2019A&A...629A..52L. 
  13. ↑ Barred Spirals Come and Go, Sky and Telescope, April 2002
  14. ↑ Wheeler, Vance; Valluri, Monica; Silva, Leandro Beraldo e; Dattathri, Shashank; Debattista, Victor P. (2023-11-16). "Early-growing Supermassive Black Holes Strengthen Bars and Boxy/Peanut Bulges" (in en). The Astrophysical Journal 958 (2): 119. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ace962. ISSN 0004-637X. Bibcode: 2023ApJ...958..119W. 
  15. ↑ Ripples in a Galactic Pond , Scientific American, October 2005
  16. ↑ Sheth, Kartik; Elmegreen, Debra Meloy; Elmegreen, Bruce G. et al. (2008). "Evolution of the Bar Fraction in COSMOS: Quantifying the Assembly of the Hubble Sequence". The Astrophysical Journal 675 (2): 1141–1155. doi:10.1086/524980. ISSN 0004-637X. Bibcode: 2008ApJ...675.1141S. 
  17. ↑ "A spiral in Andromeda". https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1706a/. 
  18. ↑ "Galactic David and Goliath" (in en-GB). http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1712/. 

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