The effect of galaxy triaxiality on globular clusters

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Dec 1989

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989mnras.241..849o&link_type=abstract

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (ISSN 0035-8711), vol. 241, Dec. 15, 1989, p. 849-871.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

52

Andromeda Galaxy, Globular Clusters, Milky Way Galaxy, Star Distribution, Black Holes (Astronomy), Distribution Functions, Radial Velocity, Velocity Distribution

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Evidence of triaxiality and central mass concentration in the Galaxy and in M31 and M87 is examined. It is proposed that globular clusters on box orbits in the inner parts of these systems pass close enough to the center to be destroyed by tidal shocks. Remaining clusters will preferentially populate tube orbits with relatively high angular momentum. The process is used to explain the cluster distribution in M87 reported by Lauer and Kormendy (1986). Models are presented for cluster destruction by massive black holes in M87's dark halo. Consideration is given to techniques for testing the suggestion that clusters form only on box orbits.

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