Fig. 2.

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Present-day Galactic potential (left panel) and density distribution (right panel) in the plane of the disc (z = 0 kpc) of the Milky Way model used by the simulations, with the bar orientated at 28° compared to the solar azimuth. In both panels, the representation is Galactocentric, with the current location of the Sun represented by the yellow circle.
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