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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Volume 582, Issue 1, Pages 190-195Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1086/344480
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galaxies : evolution; galaxies : ISM; galaxies : spiral; galaxies : structure
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We use data from the BIMA Survey of Nearby Galaxies ( SONG) to investigate the relationship between ellipticity and central mass concentration in barred spirals. Existing simulations predict that bar ellipticity decreases as in owing mass driven by the bar accumulates in the central regions, ultimately destroying the bar. Using the ratio of the bulge mass to the mass within the bar radius as an estimate of the central mass concentration, we obtain dynamical mass estimates from SONG CO 1-0 rotation curve data. We find an inverse correlation between bar ellipticity and central mass concentration, consistent with simulations of bar dissolution.
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