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Fig. 6
Time evolution of an estimate of the bar strength from the m = 2 coefficient of the Fourier decomposition of the stellar surface density. The bar strengthens between 0 and 1 Gyr before weakening when a buckling instability occurs around 3 Gyr, and it then strengthens again.
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