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Caption: Figure 7.
Pitch angles of the primary (ψP, left) and secondary (ψS, right) spiral arms measured at t = 8 kyr for models ﹩{\dot{M}}_{{\rm{in}}}=1{0}^{-8}\,{M}_{\odot }\,{{\rm{yr}}}^{-1}﹩ (blue), 10−7 M⊙ yr−1 (orange), and 10−6 M⊙ yr−1 (green). For the primary arm, the dashed curves show fits based on Equation (32) for the ﹩{\dot{M}}_{{\rm{in}}}=1{0}^{-8}\,{M}_{\odot }\,{{\rm{yr}}}^{-1}﹩ model and Equation (33) for the ﹩{\dot{M}}_{{\rm{in}}}=1{0}^{-7}﹩ and 10−6 M⊙ yr−1 models. For the secondary arm, the dotted–dashed lines plot the prediction of Equation (35) for the ﹩{\dot{M}}_{{\rm{in}}}=1{0}^{-8}\,{M}_{\odot }\,{{\rm{yr}}}^{-1}﹩ model, while constant pitch angles corresponding to logarithmic spirals are adopted for the ﹩{\dot{M}}_{{\rm{in}}}=1{0}^{-7}﹩ and 10−6 M⊙ yr−1 models.
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