On the relative orientation of binary galaxies

Details On the relative orientation of binary galaxies On the relative orientation of binary galaxies

1997-09-24

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9709236v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

three pages, poster contribution on "Galactic Halos" (Santa Cruz - CA - Aug 10-15 1997). To appear on an ASP conference series

Scientific paper

The projected directions of the rotation axes of interacting binary disk
galaxies tend to align orthogonal to each other. Sofue (1992) has suggested
that this could be due to shorter merger times for galaxies with paralel spins.
We show by means of N-body simulations that this suggestion is correct.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

On the relative orientation of binary galaxies does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with On the relative orientation of binary galaxies, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and On the relative orientation of binary galaxies will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-201293