The formation of a ring galaxy during a head-on collision between a disk and a spherical galaxy |
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| Authors: | Tapan K Chatterjee |
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| Institution: | (1) Centre of Advanced Study in Astronomy, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India |
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| Abstract: | The tidal force effects of a spherical galaxy passing head-on through a disk galaxy have been studied at various regions of the disk galaxy and for various orientations of the disk galaxy with respect to the direction of relative motion of the two galaxies. The density distribution of the disk galaxy is taken to be,  (r)=ce–4r/R
, where c is the central density andR is the radius of the disk. The density distribution of the spherical galaxy is taken to be that of a oolytrope of indexn=4. It is found that as a result of the collision, through the central parts and the outer parts of the disk galaxy remain intact, the region in between these two regions disrupts. Thus a ring galaxy with a nucleus embedded in the ring-i.e., a ring galaxy of the RN-type, is formed. |
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