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Peanut shaped bars
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 August 2017
Abstract
Recent 3-D N-body simulations have shown that the bars formed through the well-known global instability of discs later acquire a pronounced peanut shape when seen from the side. This paper reports a new calculation of the phenomenon using a finer grid and a slightly different initial model. The final peanut shaped bar, when viewed from within the disc, has an appearance remarkably similar to that of the Milky Way bulge. When viewed as a distant edge-on galaxy, an observer would see cylindrical rotation in the “bulge”.
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