Can bar dynamics produce double-peaked profiles?
1 : Observatoire de Paris - Site de Paris
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Observatoire de Paris, INSU, CNRS : UMR8112
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2 : Collège de France
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Collège de France
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France
Star formation in barred galaxies is sometimes concentrated at the end of the bar, while the inner regions of the bar are quenched. I will review the possibility that at least some DP-galaxies could be due to this phenomenon.