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The Envelopes of Spherical Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

Walter Jaffe
Walter Jaffe*
Affiliation:
Leiden University Observatory, P.O. Box 9513, 2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands

Abstract

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The light distribution in the envelopes of spherical galaxies seems to be caused by the existence of a break in the energy distribution, N(E) at E = 0. This, in turn is probably caused by the escape of positive energy stars.

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Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 127: Structure and Dynamics of Elliptical Galaxies , 1987 , pp. 511 - 512
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

References

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