Elliptical Galaxy Dynamics
Astrophysics
2009-10-31 v2
Abstract
A review of elliptical galaxy dynamics, with a focus on nonintegrable models. Topics covered include torus construction; modelling axisymmetric galaxies; triaxiality; collisionless relaxation; and collective instabilities.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9810371,
title = {Elliptical Galaxy Dynamics},
author = {David Merritt},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9810371},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
97 Latex pages, 14 Postscript figures, uses aastex. To appear in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, February 1999