The role of galactic bars on central star formation and AGN

Seulhee Oh (Yonsei University)

Galactic bars efficiently drive outer gas to the nuclear region of galaxies, and so they are often suspected to trigger central star formation and AGN. However, the current status on this issue based on empirical studies is unsettling, especially regarding AGNs. We investigate this question based on the nearby (0.01

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