Chaos and the shapes of elliptical galaxies

Science

Volumn 271, Issue 5247, 1996, Pages 337-340

  Merritt, David ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001473818     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.271.5247.337     Document Type: Article

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30. I thank M. Vallun for the calculations on which Fig. 3 was based and for helpful comments on the manuscript. S. Tremaine made a number of suggestions that improved the presentation. Supported by NSF grant AST 93-18617 and NASA grant NAG 5-2803.