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On the origin of rR1 ring structures in barred galaxies

M. Romero-Gomez, J. J. Masdemont, E. Athanassoula, C. Garcia-Gomez

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0603124

Abstract

We propose a new theory for the formation of rR1 ring structures, i.e. for ring structures with both an inner and an outer ring, the latter having the form of ``8''. We propose that these rings are formed by material from the stable and unstable invariant manifolds associated with the Lyapunov orbits around the equilibrium points of a barred galaxy. We discuss the shape and velocity structure of the rings thus formed and argue that they are in agreement with the observed properties of rR1 structures.

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