Instabilities in disc galaxies: from noise to grooves to spirals
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DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz166
Abstract: Using the linearized Boltzmann equation, we investigate how grooves carved in the phase space of a half-mass Mestel disc can trigger the vigorous growth of two-armed spiral eigenmodes. Such grooves result from the self-induced dynamics… read more here.
Keywords: disc galaxies; instabilities disc; galaxies noise; grooves spirals ... See more keywords