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Table 1.

Values of characteristic parameters used in our simulations.

Milky Way Andromeda
Scale radius of the disk (kpc) 3.5 5.7
Core radius of the bulge 0.2 0.2
Core radius of the halo 3.0 3.0
Cutoff radius of the halo 98.3 76.5
Mass of the disk (M) 4.0 × 1010 7.0 × 1010
Mass of the bulge 0.2 0.3
Mass of the halo 23.8 21.6
Total mass (M) 1.0 × 1012 1.6 × 1012

Notes. Where it is not specified, the lengths are in units of the scale radius of the disk Rd and masses are in units of the mass of the disk Md.

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