Elliptical Galaxies: Rotationally Distorted, After All

On the basis of earlier investigations onhomeoidally striated Mac Laurin spheroids and Jacobi ellipsoids (Caimmi and Marmo2005, Caimmi 2006a, 2007), different sequences of configurations are defined and represented in the ellipticity-rotation plane, $({sf O}hat{e}chi_v^2)$. The rotation parameter,...

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Main Author: Caimmi, R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Astronomical Observatory, Department of Astronomy, Belgrade 2009-12-01
Series:Serbian Astronomical Journal
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Online Access:http://saj.matf.bg.ac.rs/179/pdf/031-047.pdf