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Angular Momentum in Elliptical Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

Rosemary F. G. Wyse  and
Susana Lizano
Rosemary F. G. Wyse
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD 21218 Astronomy Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
Susana Lizano
Affiliation:
Astronomy Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720

Abstract

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We have used the available published observations of the rotational properties of elliptical galaxies to test theories of galaxy formation which predict an anti-correlation between the angular momentum of a galaxy and its initial overdensity and hence formation epoch. We find that the prediction, at least in its simplest form, is not supported by the data for well studied elliptical galaxies which have a range in rotational support.

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Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 127: Structure and Dynamics of Elliptical Galaxies , 1987 , pp. 521 - 522
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

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