Thanks! That’s interesting. Tidal bars can start with relatively large lengths, while isolated bars grow from short to long over time. I guess that would match the curly R dependence you found. It would be interesting to see the distributions of both the numerator and the denominator.

Do you also find that the absolute values of the pattern speed depend on the environment?

"A new tidal scenario for double bar formation", Semczuk et al. This is Fig. 2: @oxfordacademic.bsky.social @royalastrosoc.bsky.social

Cool work!

Job market with increasingly growing competitiveness means “publish or perish” but every time harder than the previous year. Having the time for “quality over quantity” is the privilege of the few with secure funding. More balance needed between numbers of new PhDs and new faculty jobs

#galactic

Is it creeper proof?

Phew, I thought I was banned

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