A Mechanism for the Formation of Lopsided Galaxies
Abstract
This paper is concerned with the origin and existence of lopsided galaxies. A mechanism based on the distribution of dispersion velocities is suggested for the long-term maintenance of the lopsidedness.
- Publication:
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Astrophysics and Space Science
- Pub Date:
- September 1983
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00653646
- Bibcode:
- 1983Ap&SS..95..431S
- Keywords:
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- Galactic Evolution;
- Galactic Structure;
- Asymmetry;
- Disk Galaxies;
- Gas Dynamics;
- Perturbation Theory;
- Velocity Distribution;
- Astrophysics