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Angular momentum of galaxies and the structure of protogalactic vorticity

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A computational model is developed for the origin of protogalactic eddies at the fronts of large-scale ‘pancake’ shocks. Possible effects of orientation of spiral galaxies in their pairs, groups, clusters and superclusters are discussed.

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  1. A. F. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Leningrad, Russia

    A. D. Chernin & A. Yu. Ushakov

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Chernin, A.D., Ushakov, A.Y. Angular momentum of galaxies and the structure of protogalactic vorticity. Astrophys Space Sci 96, 217–221 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00661956

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