Origin of the high v_los feature in the Galactic bar

We analyse a controlled N-body + smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulation of a growing disc galaxy within a non-growing, live dark halo. The disc is continuously fed with gas and star particles on near-circular orbits and develops a bar comparable in size to the one of the Milky Way (MW). We extra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Aumer, M, Schönrich, R
Format: Journal article
Published: Oxford University Press 2015