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Unpublished Paper
Creation of Peanut-Shaped Bulges via the Slow Mode of Bar Growth
Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series (2014)
  • Michael S. Peterson
  • Martin D. Weinberg
  • Neal S. Katz, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Abstract
Recent theoretical work has implicated fast bar formation modes and subsequent evolution as the creation mechanism for the observed peanut-shaped bulges in some edge-on disk galaxies. We demonstrate an N-body simulation of a disk undergoing a contrasting slow mode of bar growth, unsubjected to a buckling instability, which nonetheless grows the 4:1 orbit family responsible for a peanut-shaped bulge. We also present a simulation with fast mode bar growth, which exhibits thickening similar to other work. A novel orbit classification method that finds dynamically distinct families is presented, allowing for a detailed analysis of angular momentum transfer channels within the disk.
Publication Date
2014
Comments
Prepublished version downloaded from ArXiv. Published version is located at http://www.aspbooks.org/a/volumes/article_details/?paper_id=36023
Citation Information
Michael S. Peterson, Martin D. Weinberg and Neal S. Katz. "Creation of Peanut-Shaped Bulges via the Slow Mode of Bar Growth" Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series (2014)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/neal_katz/8/