A family of potential-density pairs for galactic bars [GA]

http://arxiv.org/abs/2210.14853


We present a family of analytical potential-density pairs for barred discs, which can be combined to describe galactic bars in a realistic way, including boxy/peanut components. We illustrate this with two reasonable compound models. Computer code for the evaluation of potential, forces, density, and projected density is freely provided.

Read this paper on arXiv…

W. Dehnen and H. Aly
Thu, 27 Oct 22
29/55

Comments: 10 pages, accepted for publication at MNRAS