Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Dec 1987
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987mnras.229..691s&link_type=abstract
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (ISSN 0035-8711), vol. 229, Dec. 15, 1987, p. 691-706.
Mathematics
Logic
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Galactic Bulge, Galactic Nuclei, Galactic Structure, Lenticular Bodies, Spiral Galaxies, Astronomical Catalogs, Astronomical Photometry, Contours, Galactic Clusters, Statistical Analysis
Scientific paper
The results of a survey of all large, normal edge-on spiral and lenticular galaxies in the Second Reference Catalogue are presented in an attempt to isolate those objects displaying either 'box' or 'peanut' shaped central bulges. A total of 20 (+ or - 4) percent of the sample objects display the features of interest. These box/peanuts are found to show a strong tendency towards intermediate morphological types and do not seemingly influence either the photometric or radio properties of the galaxies in which they reside to any greater or lesser degree than do 'normal' bulges. The fraction of 'boxy' bulges which occupy cluster or group environments is found to be identical to that fraction for the nonbox/peanuts in the sample. They also show no preference for possession of a large number of faint satellite systems than do the nonbox candidates. The implications of these results for current formation theories of such systems are discussed.
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