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Simulation of Mass Transport in Disk Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

S. von Linden
Affiliation:
Landessternwarte, Königstuhl, D-69117 Heidelberg
J. Heidt
Affiliation:
Landessternwarte, Königstuhl, D-69117 Heidelberg
H.P. Reuter
Affiliation:
MPI für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121 Bonn
R. Wielebinski
Affiliation:
MPI für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121 Bonn

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The large-scale dynamics and evolution of disk galaxies is controlled by the angular-momentum transport provided by non-axisymmetric perturbances through their gravity torques. To continuously maintain such gravitational instabilities, the presence of the gas component and its dissipative character are essential.

Type
Poster Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1996