Comparing peanut-shaped `bulges' to n-body simulations and orbital calculations
Oct, 20024 pages
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- Astrophys.Space Sci. 284 (2003) 753-756
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Abstract: (arXiv)
We present a near-infrared K_n-band photometric study of edge-on galaxies with a box/peanut-shaped `bulge'. The morphology of the galaxies is analysed using unsharp masking and fits to the vertical surface brightness profiles, and the results are compared to N-body simulations and orbital calculations of barred galaxies. Both theoretical approaches reproduce the main structures observed.References(7)
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