ROTATION CURVES IN SELF-CONSISTENT MODELS OF BARRED GALAXIES

We compare the ''rotation curves'' in self-consistent models of barred galaxies with the ones of SBO's. The models are constructed with Schw arzschild's method. The models reproduce the wavy pattern in the rotat ion curves observed in most SBO galaxies. Depending on the local spati al mass fraction of retrograde orbits, the line-of-sight velocity is l owered or even negative. The local counter-rotation can be explained b y retrograde orbits, without needing to invoke particular projection e ffects. Another result is that the model minimizing the absolute value of the total angular momentum is found to have a distribution functio n similar to N-body bar one.