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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/100695| Title: | The midplane symmetry of peanut/boxy-shaped bulges |
| Authors: | Buttigieg, Darren (2014) |
| Keywords: | Galactic bulges Symmetry |
| Issue Date: | 2014 |
| Citation: | Buttigieg, D. (2014). The midplane symmetry of peanut/boxy-shaped bulges (Bachelor's dissertation). |
| Abstract: | It is theorized that buckling instabilities might give rise to asymmetries about the galactic midplane upon forming a boxy-peanut-shaped bulge. In this dissertation, asymmetries were found after examining simulations of galaxies. However, the relationship between these asymmetries and the presence and strength of the boxy/- peanut formation has yet to be fully worked out. A theory relating the two could be utilized to determine whether boxy /peanut formation arises as a result of this. The formation of the Milky Way, amongst other galaxies with such bulges could thus be better understood. |
| Description: | B.SC.(HONS)PHYSICS |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/100695 |
| Appears in Collections: | Dissertations - FacSci - 1965-2014 Dissertations - FacSciPhy - 1967-2017 |
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