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Modelling the Galaxy with orbital tori

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2010

James Binney
James Binney*
Affiliation:
Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3NP, UK email: binney@thphys.ox.ac.uk
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Abstract

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The principles and advantages of torus modelling are explained.

Keywords

Galaxy: dynamicsGalaxy: evolution

Information

Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 5 , Highlights H15: Highlights of Astronomy , November 2009 , pp. 194 - 195
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2010

References

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