Tidal transfer of energy and angular momentum to spheroidal galaxies

dc.contributor.author	Som Sunder, G
dc.contributor.author	Kochhar, R. K
dc.contributor.author	Alladin, S. M
dc.date.accessioned	2008-09-16T16:25:52Z
dc.date.available	2008-09-16T16:25:52Z
dc.date.issued	1990-06
dc.identifier.citation	Monthly Notices Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 244, No. 3, pp. 424 - 426	en
dc.identifier.issn	0035-8711
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2248/3684
dc.description.abstract	The tidal transfer of energy and angular momentum to a spheriodal test galaxy is studied using tensor virial equations within the framework of impulse approximation. The tidally introduced angular momentum is always along an axis perpendicular to the symmetry axis. It is shown that, in the case of an initially non-rotating galaxy, more energy is pumped along either of the equatorial axes than along the symmetry axis.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Royal Astronomical Society	en
dc.relation.uri	http://ads.iucaa.ernet.in/abs/1990MNRAS.244..424S	en
dc.subject	Angular momentum	en
dc.subject	Elliptical galaxies	en
dc.subject	Energy transfer	en
dc.subject	Momentum transfer	en
dc.subject	Kinetic energy	en
dc.subject	Tensors	en
dc.subject	Tides	en
dc.subject	Virial theorem	en
dc.title	Tidal transfer of energy and angular momentum to spheroidal galaxies	en
dc.type	Article	en