Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Nov 2000
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke1909b&link_type=abstract
"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 1909. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Galaxies, Galactic Models And Concepts
Scientific paper
A galaxy is made up of stars in the same way that a crystal is made up of atoms, and the galaxy's large-scale properties reflect the forces that act between its component stars in the same way that the structure of a crystal reflects the nature of interatomic forces. Galaxies and crystals have strongly contrasting large-scale properties because a galaxy is held together by a force that has very d...
Binney James
Murdin Paul
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