Formation and Evolution of Bulges

Athanassoula, E.; Martínez-Valpuesta, I.
Bibliographical reference

Pathways Through an Eclectic Universe ASP Conference Series, Vol. 390, proceedings of the conference held 23-27 April, 2007 at Santiago del Teide, Tenerife, Spain. Edited by J. H. Knapen, T. J. Mahoney, and A. Vazdekis San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2008., p.454

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2008
Number of authors
2
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0
Citations
7
Refereed citations
4
Description
After presenting three ways of defining a bulge component in disk galaxies, we introduce the various types of bulges, namely the classical bulges, the boxy/peanut bulges and the disk-like bulges. We then discuss three specific topics linked to bulge formation and evolution, namely the coupled time evolution of the bar, buckling, and peanut strengths; the effect of velocity anisotropy on peanut formation; and bulge formation via bar destruction.