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astro-ph.GA2013★ 51 cited
N-body simulation insights into the X-shaped bulge of the Milky Way: Kinematics and distance to the Galactic Centre
Esko Gardner, Victor P. Debattista, Annie C. Robin +2
Using simulations of box/peanut- (B/P-) shaped bulges, we explore the nature of the X-shape of the Milky Way's bulge. An X-shape can be associated with a B/P-shaped bulge driven by…
astro-ph.GA2010★ 49 cited
Probing the Galaxy's bars via the Hercules stream
Esko Gardner, Chris Flynn
It has been suggested that a resonance between a rotating bar and stars in the solar neighbourhood can produce the so called 'Hercules stream'. Recently, a second bar may have been…