Bibcode
Martinez-Valpuesta, Inma; Athanassoula, E.
Bibliographical reference
Formation and Evolution of Galaxy Bulges, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Volume 245, p. 103-106
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7
2008
Citations
7
Refereed citations
7
Description
Boxy/peanut bulges in disk galaxies have been associated to stellar
bars. In this talk, we discuss the different properties of such bulges
and their relation with the corresponding bar, using a very large sample
of a few hundred numerical N-body simulations. We present and
inter-compare various methods of measuring the boxy/peanut bulge
properties, namely its strength, shape and possible asymmetry. Some of
these methods can be applied to both simulations and observations. Our
final goal is to get correlations that will allow us to obtain
information on the boxy/peanut bulge for a galaxy viewed face-on as well
as information on the bars of galaxies viewed edge-on.