Comparing peanut-shaped `bulges to N-body simulations and orbital calculations


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We present a near-infrared K_n-band photometric study of edge-on galaxies with a box/peanut-shaped `bulge. The morphology of the galaxies is analysed using unsharp masking and fits to the vertical surface brightness profiles, and the results are compared to N-body simulations and orbital calculations of barred galaxies. Both theoretical approaches reproduce the main structures observed.

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