Spiral structure as a recurrent instability

DOI10.1023/A:1002668818252MaRDI QIDQ1586001zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors J. A. Sellwood

Publication date 15 May 2002

Published in Astrophysics and Space Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9909093

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Galactic and stellar structure (85A15)

Abstract: A long-standing controversy in studies of spiral structure has concerned the lifetimes of individual spiral patterns. Much theoretical work has sought quasi-stationary spiral modes while N-body simulations have consistently displayed recurrent, short-lived patterns. The simulations manifest a recurrent cycle of true instabilities related to small-scale features in the angular momentum distribution of particles, with the decay of each instability seeding the growth of the next. Data from the recent Hipparcos mission seem to offer support for the recurrent transient picture.

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