Journal article
The radius of baryonic collapse in disc galaxy formation
- Abstract:
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In the standard picture of disc galaxy formation, baryons and dark matter receive the same tidal torques, and therefore approximately the same initial specific angular momentum. However, observations indicate that disc galaxies typically have only about half as much specific angular momentum as their dark matter haloes. We argue this does not necessarily imply that baryons lose this much specific angular momentum as they form galaxies. It may instead indicate that galaxies are most directly r...
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- Journal:
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Volume:
- 424
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 502-507
- Publication date:
- 2012-07-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1365-2966
- ISSN:
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0035-8711
- Source identifiers:
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342874
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:342874
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- pubs:342874
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- 2012
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