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We use the EAGLE cosmological hydrodynamic simulation suite to study the specific angular momentum of galaxies, $j$, with the aims of (i) investigating the physical causes behind the wide range of $j$ at fixed mass and (ii) examining…

Waves of various types carry momentum, which is associated with their propagation direction, i.e., the phase gradient. The circulation of the wave momentum density gives rise to orbital angular momentum (AM). Additionally, for waves…

Optics · Physics 2025-10-17 Konstantin Y. Bliokh

The aim of this AAS Topical Session was to update the community on the current state of knowledge about the angular momentum evolution of young stars. For newcomers to the subject, the session was intended to provide an introduction and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Keivan G. Stassun , Donald Terndrup

We study the origin of bulge stars and their angular momentum (AM) evolution in 10 spiral galaxies with baryonic masses above $10^{10}$M$_\odot$ in the NIHAO galaxy formation simulations. The simulated galaxies are in good agreement with…

We have analyzed high resolution N-body simulations of dark matter halos, focusing specifically on the evolution of angular momentum. We find that not only is individual particle angular momentum not conserved, but the angular momentum of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-12-10 Laura G. Book , Alyson Brooks , Annika H. G. Peter , Andrew J. Benson , Fabio Governato

To study if the angular momentum gain for each member of a galaxy pair was the result of tidal torques imprinted by the same tidal field, we search for correlations between the spin in pairs of spiral galaxies identified using the Sloan…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Bernardo Cervantes-Sodi , X. Hernandez , Changbom Park

The angular momentum of molecular cloud cores plays an essential role in the star formation process. However, the time evolution of the angular momentum of molecular cloud cores is still unclear. In this paper, we perform three-dimensional…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-02-08 Yoshiaki Misugi , Shu-ichiro Inutsuka , Doris Arzoumanian

Motivated by new kinematic data in the outer parts of early-type galaxies (ETGs), we re-examine angular momentum (AM) in all galaxy types. We present methods for estimating the specific AM j, focusing on ETGs, to derive relations between…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Aaron J. Romanowsky , S. Michael Fall

I review the development of ideas regarding the angular momentum evolution of solar-type stars, from the early 60's to the most recent years. Magnetic fields are the central agent that dictates the rotational evolution of solar-type stars,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Jerome Bouvier

We investigate the origin, the shape, the scatter, and the cosmic evolution in the observed relationship between specific angular momentum $j_\star$ and the stellar mass $M_\star$ in early-type (ETGs) and late-type galaxies (LTGs).…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-07-26 Jingjing Shi , Andrea Lapi , Claudia Mancuso , Huiyuan Wang , Luigi Danese

The specific angular momenta ($j_t$) of stars, baryons as a whole and dark matter haloes contain clues of vital importance about how galaxies form and evolve. Using a sample of 70 spiral galaxies, we perform a preliminary analysis of $j_t$,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-08-22 Lan Zhang , Feilu Wang , Xiangxiang Xue , David Salzmann , Baifei Shen , Zehao Zhong , Gang Zhao

We investigate the role of hierarchical assembly in the angular momentum (AM) evolution of galaxies using a sample of 471 Milky Way-mass galaxies from the TNG-50 simulation. While galaxy orientation is often attributed to tidal torques and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-30 Eric F. Bell , Richard D'Souza , Monica Valluri , Katya Gozman

The angular momentum of a molecular cloud core plays a key role in star formation, since it is directly related to the outflow and the jet emanating from the new-born star and it eventually results in the formation of the protoplanetary…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-08-14 Yoshiaki Misugi , Shu-ichiro Inutsuka , Doris Arzoumanian

We present an alternate origin scenario to explain the observed phenomena of (1) counter-rotation between different galaxy components and (2) the formation of ring galaxies. We suggest that these are direct consequences of the galaxy being…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-06-15 N. G. Kantharia

The evolution and distribution of the angular momentum of dark matter (DM) halos have been discussed in several studies over the past decades. In particular, the idea arose that angular momentum conservation should allow to infer the total…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-10-14 A. F. Teklu , R. -S. Remus , K. Dolag , A. M. Beck , A. Burkert , A. S. Schmidt , F. Schulze , L. K. Steinborn

The formation of compact objects like stars and black holes is strongly constrained by the requirement that nearly all of the initial angular momentum of the diffuse material from which they form must be removed or redistributed during the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-06 Richard B. Larson

We search for correlations between the spin in pairs of spiral galaxies, to study if the angular momentum gain for each galaxy was the result of tidal torques imprint by the same tidal field. To perform our study we made use of a sample of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-13 B. Cervantes-Sodi , X. Hernandez , Changbom Park

Mass and specific angular momentum are two fundamental physical parameters of galaxies. We present measurements of the baryonic mass and specific angular momentum of 11 void dwarf galaxies derived from neutral hydrogen (H{\sc i}) synthesis…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-06-13 Sushma Kurapati , Jayaram N. Chengalur , Simon Pustilnik , Peter Kamphuis

The angular momentum of radiation from an arbitrarily moving relativistic charge is studied. The angular momentum is presented as the sum of the angular momentum relative to the point where the charge is located at a retarded moment of time…

Classical Physics · Physics 2024-08-27 Vladimir Epp , Ulyana Guselnikova , Julia Janz

Angular momentum redistribution within barred galaxies drives their dynamical evolution. Angular momentum is emitted mainly by near-resonant material in the bar region and absorbed by resonant material mainly in the outer disc and in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 E. Athanassoula