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Dynamical Friction and Orbit Circularization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

Stefano Casertano ,
E. Sterl Phinney  and
Jens V. Villumsen
Stefano Casertano
Affiliation:
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
E. Sterl Phinney
Affiliation:
Caltech, Pasadena
Jens V. Villumsen
Affiliation:
Caltech, Pasadena

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We study the change in shape of the orbit of a satellite sinking (because of dynamical friction) towards the center of a larger galaxy. the galaxy is assumed spherically symmetric with distribution function either isotropic or predominantly radial. the satellite is a softened point mass.

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Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 127: Structure and Dynamics of Elliptical Galaxies , 1987 , pp. 475 - 476
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Copyright © Reidel 1987 

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