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Barred galaxies are an important branch of the Hubble sequence. In the past decades, significant efforts have been made to understanding the formation and evolution of barred galaxies. We develop a population-orbit superposition method, which can fully utilize stellar kinematics and stellar populations obtained from MUSE-like IFS data, to construct 3D models of edge-on barred galaxies. This method can: (1) recover the pattern speed of edge-on barred galaxies; (2) decompose galaxy structures (e.g. bulge/bar/disk/halo) based on stellar orbits; (3) recover the stellar populations of different structures. We validate this method using simulated galaxies from the Auriga simulations, and confirm its reliability for application to edge-on barred galaxies in real observations (e.g. the GECKOS survey). By linking dynamics and stellar populations, our work provides new tools for understanding the formation and evolution of barred galaxies.
