4 citations
2 papers
astro-ph2006★ 1 cited
Modelling V838 Monocerotis as a Mergeburst Object
Noam Soker, Romuald Tylenda
We discuss the main observational facts on the eruption of V838 Monocerotis in terms of possible outburst mechanisms. We conclude that the stellar merger scenario is the only one,…
astro-ph2004★ 4 cited
Breaking the mass / anisotropy degeneracy in the Coma cluster
Gary A. Mamon, Ewa L. Lokas, Teresa Sanchis
We provide the first direct lifting of the mass/anisotropy degeneracy for a cluster of galaxies, by jointly fitting the line of sight velocity dispersion and kurtosis profiles of t…