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B/PS bulges and barlenses from a kinematic viewpoint. II

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2023-11-09 v1

Abstract

Internal dynamics and kinematics of galaxies have imprints on the line-of-sight velocity distribution~(LOSVD). Gauss-Hermite parametrisation allows one to identify the kinematics features of the system in terms of skewness~(h3h_3) and broadness~(h4h_4) deviations of a LOSVD. Such a method provides information about the type of orbits since a h3Vh_3-\overline V correlation is a sign of elongated orbits, and the anti-correlation is a sign of circular or near-circular orbits. In previous works, analysis of the h3Vh_3-\overline V relation provided a tool to identify a hidden bar or B/PS bulge~(edge-on, PA=90\mathrm{PA}=90^\circ) and to probe their strength. We prepared two NN-body galaxy models with clear B/PS bulges: one has an ordinary bar~(the X model), and the second one has a barlens embedded into a bar~(the BL model) to investigate the mechanism of formation of h3h_3 features at any position of an observer. We show that the h3Vh_3-\overline V correlation appears in the regions where bar and disc particles are mixing. We also reveal that the model with a barlens has an h3Vh_3-\overline V anti-correlation in the centre, and we show that barlens-specific orbits are responsible for this signal. Moreover, this feature can be observed only for galaxies with compact bulges and barlenses. The results of this work are applicable for the interpretation of future Integral-field unit (IFU) data for real galaxies with B/PS bulges, especially for objects with barlenses.

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@article{arxiv.2311.04595,
  title  = {B/PS bulges and barlenses from a kinematic viewpoint. II},
  author = {Daria Zakharova and Iliya S. Tikhonenko and Natalia Ya. Sotnikova and A. Smirnov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.04595},
  year   = {2023}
}

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16 pages, 16 figures, accepted to MNRAS