Spiral arms across stellar populations in simulations via the local dimension method

[Context] The origin and nature of spiral arms remain unclear. Star forming regions and young stars are generally strongly associated to the spiral structure, but there are few quantitative predictions from simulations about the involvement of stars of different ages.

Detalhes bibliográficos
Autores: Ardèvol, J., Semczuk, Marcin, Antoja, Teresa, Debattista, Victor P., Bernet, Marcel, Pettitt, A.
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2026
País:España
Recursos:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:dnet:digitalcsic_::ad0375fa9d29daaeacf3c94556e8ae05
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/426002
http://arxiv.org/abs/2507.15473v1
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Galaxies: spiral
Galaxies: stellar content
Galaxies: structure
Galaxy: disk
Galaxy: stellar content
Galaxy: structure
Descrição
Resumo:[Context] The origin and nature of spiral arms remain unclear. Star forming regions and young stars are generally strongly associated to the spiral structure, but there are few quantitative predictions from simulations about the involvement of stars of different ages.