Preliminary Study of Isolated Spiral Galaxies Using The Bidimentional Fast Fourier Transform

We conducted a morphological analysis of the spiral structure in two isolated spiral galaxies: NGC 2756 and NGC 2776. The primary objective of this research is to gain a deeper understanding of how spiral structure is distributed in disk galaxies. To achieve this, we employed the two-dimensional...

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Main Authors: Diaz-Fonseca, J.M., Vera-Villamizar, N., Gonzalez-Cañon, E.J., Poveda Tejada, N., Valderrama Vergara, J.A.
Format: Online
Language:spa
Published: Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia 2023
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Online Access:https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/ciencia_en_desarrollo/article/view/17425
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Summary:We conducted a morphological analysis of the spiral structure in two isolated spiral galaxies: NGC 2756 and NGC 2776. The primary objective of this research is to gain a deeper understanding of how spiral structure is distributed in disk galaxies. To achieve this, we employed the two-dimensional fast Fourier transform method and conducted a comprehensive analysis of the Fourier spectra and radial density functions (RDF) to examine their patterns and characteristics. The results indicate that the main mode of the spiral structure is m = 2. However, using RDFs, we identified that other modes may be relevant in certain regions of the galactic disk, such as m = 3. This result suggests the existence of multiple spiral structures depending on the analyzed region.