Origin of the rotation of elliptical galaxies
Journal Article
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· Sov. Astron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:6860848
Elliptical galaxies in compact Coma-type clusters may have been put into rotation by two mechanisms. First, mutual encounters during the protogalaxy stage could have generated angular momentum by tidal interaction. Second, the primordial ''pancakes'' could have acquired angular momentum by mutual encounter; upon breaking up, a parent pancake would convey to a detaching protogalaxy an angular rotational velocity comparable with its own. Either process would impart to E galaxies a specific angular momentum of the same order as observed.
- Research Organization:
- Ioffe Physics and Technology Institute, USSR Academy of Sciences, Leningrad
- OSTI ID:
- 6860848
- Journal Information:
- Sov. Astron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. Astron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 27:5; ISSN SAAJA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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