Published June 1990 | Version v1
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Instabilities of slowly rotating galaxies

Creators

  • 1. Florida Univ., Gainesville (USA)

Description

The location of instabilities in flattened, pressure-supported stellar systems is discussed. Oblate, prolate, and triaxial models of slowly rotating galaxies is examined. The role of instabilities in explaining the structure of observed galaxies is briefly considered. 47 refs

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Journal Volume
596
Series
Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci.
Journal Page Range
150-157
ISSN
0077-8923
CODEN
ANYAA

Conference

Title
4. Florida workshop on nonlinear dynamics.
Dates
1-2 Mar 1989.
Place
Gainesville, FL (USA).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
22067791
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; ELLIPTICAL CONFIGURATION; GALACTIC EVOLUTION; GALAXIES; INSTABILITY; MANY-BODY PROBLEM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; ROTATION; STABILITY; STAR CLUSTERS
Descriptors DEC
CONFIGURATION; SIMULATION

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-8903265--.