Spiral and Elliptical Galaxies (IMAGE)

Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati

Spiral and Elliptical Galaxies

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Spiral galaxies are found to be strongly rotating, with an angular momentum higher by a factor of about 5 than ellipticals. What is the origin of such a difference?

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