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The angular-momentum distribution in axisymmetrical galaxies

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We investigate the angular-momentum distribution in a classical homogeneous Maclaurin spheroid. An exact formula for the distribution as a function of the mass of a cylindrical column in the spheroid is obtained in both integral and differential forms. This expression is used to calculate the angular-velocity distributions in galaxies evolving from initially spheroidal configurations to steady-state configurations with observed density distributions.

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    B. P. Kondratyev

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Translated from Astronomicheski\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) Zhurnal, Vol. 78, No. 10, 2001, pp. 867–870.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2001 by Kondratyev.

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Kondratyev, B.P. The angular-momentum distribution in axisymmetrical galaxies. Astron. Rep. 45, 751–754 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1408975

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