Radial migration in numerical simulations of Milky Way-sized galaxies

We show that in N-body simulations of isolated spiral discs, spiral arms appear to transient, recurring features that co-rotate with the stellar disc stars at all radii. As a consequence, stars around the spiral arm continually feel a tangential force from the spiral and gain/lose angular momentum a...

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Main Authors: Grand, Robert J. J. (Author) , Kawata, Daisuke (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 30 September 2016
In: Astronomische Nachrichten
Year: 2016, Volume: 337, Issue: 8/9, Pages: 957-960
ISSN:1521-3994
DOI:10.1002/asna.201612407
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1002/asna.201612407
Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: http://arxiv.org/abs/1512.02239
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Author Notes:Robert J.J. Grand and Daisuke Kawata

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