Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1995-08-08
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
uuencoded compressed postcript, 9 pages. Invited talk at IAU Colloquium #157: Barred Galaxies. The figures (some of which are
Scientific paper
It has been suggested that the peanut-shaped bulges seen in some edge-on disk galaxies are produced when bars in these galaxies buckle. This paper reviews the modelling which seeks to show how bars buckle, and I present a very simple new model which captures the essential physics of this process. I then discuss the problems in establishing observationally the connection between peanut-shaped bulges and bars: confirmation of the link has proved difficult because boxy bulges are only apparent in edge-on galaxies whereas bars are only easily detectable in more face-on systems. Finally, I present a new technique which avoids this difficulty by searching for the distinctive kinematic signature of an edge-on bar; application of this method to spectra of peanut-shaped bulges reveals that they are, indeed, associated with hidden bars.
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