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Investigating a self-consistent galactic potential with central mass

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2017

H. Hasan ,
J. A. Sellwood  and
C. A. Norman
H. Hasan
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD 21218, U.S.A.
J. A. Sellwood
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, P O Box 849, Piscataway, NJ 08855-0849, U.S.A.
C. A. Norman
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute and Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, U.S.A.

Abstract

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The evolution of a barred galactic potential containing a central mass concentration is examined by means of a self-consistent 2-D N-body simulation. It is found that the bar weakens as the central mass grows and eventually dissolves, in agreement with earlier orbital studies of this problem.

Keywords

barred galaxiescentral mass concentrationorbits
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 153: Galactic Bulges , 1993 , pp. 385 - 386
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1993 

References

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