The specific angular momenta (jt) of stars, baryons as a whole and dark matter halos contain clues of vital importance about how galaxies form and evolve. Using a sample of 70 spiral galaxies, we perform a preliminary analysis of jt, and introduce a new quantity, e.g., areal density of angular momentum (ADAM) () as an indication for the existence of jet(s) in spiral galaxies. The percentage of spiral galaxies having jet(s) shows a strong correlation with ADAM, although the present sample is incomplete.
Key words: galaxies: jets – galaxies: spiral – galaxies: statistics
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