The Role of Inner Halo Angular Momentum (Spin) in Shaping Dark Matter Bars in Milky Way Analogs

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2026
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Abstract
Abstract Studies of galactic bars have primarily focused on stellar bars, since they can be directly observed through ultraviolet to infrared wavebands. Cosmological as well as idealised simulations reveal that the dark matter (DM) halos interact with baryonic matter, primarily the stellar bars, dynamically by means of the exchange of angular momentum. In these simulations, the spherical DM halo dynamically responds to interaction with the stellar bar by reshaping its orbital structure in the proximity of the stellar bar, forming a bar-like configuration, called the Dark Matter (DM) bar. Using N-body simulations of Milky Way analogs we discuss the role of inner halo angular momentum, measured as halo spin parameter (λ) of the dark matter halo, on formation and evolutionary characteristics of the DM bars. Our systematic study involves halos with initial spin configurations ranging from λ = 0 − 0.1. The result conveys that DM bar formation and its characteristics are extensively dependent on the initial spin parameter (λ) of the DM halo. We demonstrate that the strength of the dark matter bar gradually increases with an increase in halo spin in long-term evolution, with a significant impact of stellar bar buckling on dark matter bar strength. The evolutionary characteristics of the DM bar are strongly influenced by the initial spin of the host halo.
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Authors Shouvik Ghosh, Sandeep Kumar Kataria
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Journal monthly notices of the royal astronomical society
Year 2026
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10.1093/mnras/stag1758
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https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stag1758
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