2008/01/21 by Martinez-Valpuesta, I., Athanassoula +1
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0801.3258
openalex publication_date 2008/01/21 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Boxy/peanut bulges in disc galaxies have been associated to stellar bars. We analyse their properties in a large sample of N-body simulations, using different methods to measure their strength, shape and possible asymmetry, and then inter-compare the results. Some of these methods can be applied to both simulations and observations. In particular, we seek correlations between bar and peanut properties, which, when applied to real galaxies, will give information on bars in edge-on galaxies, and on peanuts in face-on galaxies.