The stellar kinematics and populations of boxy bulges: cylindrical rotation and vertical gradients
Boxy and peanut-shaped bulges are seen in about half of edge-on disc galaxies. Comparisons of the photometry and major-axis gas and stellar kinematics of these bulges to simulations of bar formation and evolution indicate that they are bars viewed in projection. If the properties of boxy bulges can...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2011
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