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Thick discs and the Formation of Disc Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

Rosemary F. G. Wyse  and
Bernard J. T. Jones
Rosemary F. G. Wyse
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK
Bernard J. T. Jones
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Meudon, France

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The formation of disc galaxies is generally believed to involve the dissipative collapse of primordial gas clouds, moving in the potentials of dark, self-gravitating massive halos. Until now, most theories have considered only spherically symmetric collapse, with the luminous disc being formed out of a plane of cold gas which is in centrifugal equilibrium. However, it is unlikely that the halo potential will in fact be spherical.

Type
VII. Galaxy Formation
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 100: Internal Kinematics and Dynamics of Galaxies , 1983 , pp. 389 - 390
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Copyright © Reidel 1983