Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Aug 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990apj...358..399m&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 358, Aug. 1, 1990, p. 399-417.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Dynamic Stability, Galactic Rotation, Oblate Spheroids, Stellar Models, Stellar Motions, Stellar Systems, Galactic Structure, Stellar Rotation, Stellar Structure
Scientific paper
The stability of perhaps the simplest family of nonspherical stellar system models with realistic density profiles, the oblate 'shell-orbit' models first described by Bishop (1987), is investigated. The axisymmetric stability of these models is considered first by presenting an approximate criterion for short-wavelength stability and then by N-body integration. It is found that models flatter than about E6 are axisymmetrically unstable. The results of three-dimensional N-body simulations are presented which reveal that shell-orbit models of all flattenings - even nearly spherical - are subject to a dipole instability that gradually increases the radial velocity dispersion of these models. Thus, the results show that no radially 'cold' oblate model can be stable even in the absence of rotation. The possible relevance of these results to real elliptical galaxies is discussed.
Merritt David
Stiavelli Massimo
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