Energy relaxation in galaxies induced by an external environment and/or incoherent internal pulsations

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 323, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 681-687

  Kandrup, Henry E ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; Galaxies: structure

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; GALAXIES; WHITE NOISE;

COLORED NOISE; DIFFUSION PROCESS; DYNAMICAL FRICTIONS; ENERGY RELAXATION; EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS; GALAXIES: KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS; GALAXIES:STRUCTURE; GIANT MOLECULAR CLOUDS; HIGH-DENSITY ENVIRONMENT; TIME-SCALES;

STARS;

EID: 0012888025     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04242.x     Document Type: Article

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