Triaxial Halos and Cusps
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We present --body models for triaxial elliptical galaxies or halos of galaxies, which are fully self--gravitating, have near constant axis ratio as a function of radius and a central density cusp. Preliminary investigation suggests the model are stable and orbit analysis shows no indication of chaotic orbits. The models provide a starting point for investigations into the evolution of triaxial figures of equilibrium, response of triaxial figures to central black holes, external perturbations and interactions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9805369,
title = {Triaxial Halos and Cusps},
author = {Steinn Sigurdsson and Chris Mihos and Lars Hernquist and Colin Norman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9805369},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
3 pages paspconf latex, includes 2 postscript figures