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Stochastic Stellar Orbits and the Shapes of Elliptical Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

Ortwin E. Gerhard
Ortwin E. Gerhard*
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 1, 8046 Garching bei München, West Germany

Abstract

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Using Melnikov's method to study the appearance of stochastic orbits in perturbed Stäckel potentials, a correlation is found between the observed shapes of elliptical galaxies and the occurence of mainly regular orbits. Some other potential perturbations giving rise to large regions of stochastic orbits, on the other hand, appear to be inconsistent with observations.

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Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 127: Structure and Dynamics of Elliptical Galaxies , 1987 , pp. 477 - 478
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

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