%0 Conference Paper %1 Bett2010Spin %A Bett, Philip E. %B HUNTING FOR THE DARK: THE HIDDEN SIDE OF GALAXY FORMATION %D 2010 %E Debattista, Victor P. %E Popescu, C. C. %I AIP %J AIP Conference Proceedings %K spin astro myown %N 1 %P 403--404 %R 10.1063/1.3458546 %T Spin Flips: Variation in the Orientation of Dark Matter Halos Over Their Merger Histories %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3458546 %V 1240 %X Semi-analytic models of galaxy formation typically form the spheroidal components of galaxies ( ” bulges”), solely through galactic major mergers. However, it is possible that non-merger events (e.g. a ” fly-by” by a smaller halo) can perturb a galaxy—halo system sufficiently to form a bulge. We present a preliminary investigation into the frequency of major changes in halo and galaxy spin direction, which could be signatures of such events.

@inproceedings{Bett2010Spin, abstract = {Semi-analytic models of galaxy formation typically form the spheroidal components of galaxies ( ” bulges”), solely through galactic major mergers. However, it is possible that non-merger events (e.g. a ” fly-by” by a smaller halo) can perturb a galaxy—halo system sufficiently to form a bulge. We present a preliminary investigation into the frequency of major changes in halo and galaxy spin direction, which could be signatures of such events.}, added-at = {2018-06-18T21:23:34.000+0200}, author = {Bett, Philip E.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2d5a07769c7bf880202719ff8e34a0e31/pbett}, booktitle = {HUNTING FOR THE DARK: THE HIDDEN SIDE OF GALAXY FORMATION}, citeulike-article-id = {9895932}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=APCPCS001240000001000403000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://link.aip.org/link/?APC/1240/403}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3458546}, day = 8, doi = {10.1063/1.3458546}, editor = {Debattista, Victor P. and Popescu, C. C.}, interhash = {f5cc9cd308570ca2f6e34a0665d63c64}, intrahash = {d5a07769c7bf880202719ff8e34a0e31}, journal = {AIP Conference Proceedings}, keywords = {spin astro myown}, month = jun, number = 1, pages = {403--404}, posted-at = {2011-10-12 21:31:23}, priority = {0}, publisher = {AIP}, timestamp = {2018-10-01T09:50:26.000+0200}, title = {Spin Flips: Variation in the Orientation of Dark Matter Halos Over Their Merger Histories}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3458546}, volume = 1240, year = 2010 }