Constraining the dark matter distribution in the centre of early-type barred galaxies

Corsini, Enrico Maria; Aguerri, J. A. L.; Debattista, V. P.; Pizzella, A.
Bibliographical reference

"Dynamics of Galaxies, Proceedings of the conference held 6-10 August, 2007 at Pulkovo Observatory, St. Petersburg, Russia. Published online at http://agora.guru.ru/display.php?conf=DOGtale, p.4"

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2007
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4
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1
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0
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Description
The dynamics of a barred galaxy depends on the pattern speed of its bar. The only direct method for measuring the pattern speed of a bar is the Tremaine-Weinberg technique. This method is best suited to the analysis of the distribution and dynamics of the stellar component. Therefore it has been mostly used for early-type barred galaxies. Nearly all the measured bars are as rapidly rotating as they can be. By comparing this result with high-resolution numerical simulations of bars in dark matter halos, it is possible to conclude that these bars reside in maximal disks.