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Polar ring galaxies: formation and properties

Frederic Bournaud, Francoise Combes

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0209407

Abstract

Formation scenarios for polar ring galaxies are studied through N-body simulatio ns that are compared with existing observations. It is shown that polar rings ar e likely to be formed by tidal accretion of the polar material from a gas rich d onor galaxy. The distribution of dark matter in polar ring galaxies is studied: dark halos seem to be flattened towards the polar rings.

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