Frank van den Bosch

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A stellar bar within a galaxySchematic of a bright elongated stellar bar with curved arms in a face-on galactic disc.GRAVITY IN MOTION
Barred-galaxy illustration · schematic, not simulation data
Interactive astronomy · External project

Galaxy Bar

An interactive simulation explores how gravity forms a stellar bar in a disc galaxy, tracing stellar orbits and angular-momentum exchange with a dark-matter halo while checking numerical reliability and comparing with observations.

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