%0 Journal Article
%T Molecular gas and star formation in BIMA SONG bars
%A Kartik Sheth
%A Stuart N. Vogel
%A Andrew I. Harris
%A Michael W. Regan
%A Michele D. Thornley
%A Tamara T. Helfer
%A Tony Wong
%A Leo Blitz
%A Douglas C. -J. Bock
%J Physics
%D 2000
%I arXiv
%X Using a sample of 7 barred spirals from the BIMA Survey of Nearby Galaxies (SONG), we compare the molecular gas distribution in the bar, to recent massive star formation activity. In all 7 galaxies, Halpha is offset azimuthally from the CO on the downstream side. The maximum offset, at the bar ends, ranges from 170-570 pc, with an average of 320 +/- 120 pc. We discuss whether the observed offsets are consistent with the description of gas flows in bars provided by the two main classes of models: n-body models and hydrodynamic models. This work is supported by NSF grants AST 9981289, AST 9981308.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0008088v1