Source record / 1966
On the spiral structure of disk galaxies, II. Outline of a theory of density waves
C. C. Lin; Frank H. Shu
Paper
Publication
PNAS 55, 229–234 · 1966
Why it is in this atlas
Foundational density-wave model; pattern motion need not equal material motion.
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