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Can galactic nuclei be non-axisymmetric? --- The parameter space of power-law discs | | HongSheng Zhao
; Marcella Carollo
; Tim de Zeeuw
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3 Feb 1999 | | Subject: | astro-ph | | Affiliation: | Leiden), Marcella Carollo (JHU), Tim de Zeeuw (Leiden | | Abstract: | The shape of a cusped galactic nucleus is constrained by the range of shapes of orbits in its gravitational potential. It is shown for scale-free non-axisymmetric discs that while a plausible elongated density model requires at least some orbits to spend more time near the major axis than anywhere else, both regular boxlets and tube orbits generally cross the major axis too fast for self-consistency. If galaxies host inner nuclear discs or flat bars with a cuspy surface light profile ($gamma=|{d log mu / d log r}|>0$), their ellipticity $1-{b / a}$ cannot be greater than about ${gamma / 2}$. Discs or bars with a shallow central profile ($gamma le 0.3$) should not be strongly elliptical. | | Source: | arXiv, astro-ph/9902057 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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