I had peanuts at the little bar!
Presenting the first detection of a peanut structure in the inner bar of a double-barred system! Peanuts are formed after the buckling of stellar bars. Having peanuts in inner bars suggests they are long-lived structures, analogous to regular bars... thus solving the long debate about the nature of double bars.
de Lorenzo-Cáceres, A. et al.
Fecha de publicación:
7
2020