Keywords :
galaxies star formation - galaxies: ISM - galaxies: structure - galaxies: evolution - galaxies: statistics
Abstract:While some galactic bars show recent massive star formation (SF) along them, some others present a lack of it. Whether bars with low level of SF are a consequence of low star formation efficiency, low gas inflow rate, or dynamical effects, remains a matter of debate. In order to study the physical conditions that enable or prevent SF, we perform a multi-wavelength analysis of 12 strongly barred galaxies with total stellar masses log10(M*/M_{sun}_){in}[10.2,11], chosen to host different degrees of SF along the bar major axis without any prior condition on gas content. We observe the CO(1-0) and CO(2-1) emission within bars with the IRAM-30m telescope (beam sizes of
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