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astro-ph.GA2017★ 4 cited
A Drop in the Pond: The Effect of Rapid Mass Loss on the Dynamics and Interaction Rate of Collisionless Particles
Zephyr Penoyre, Zoltán Haiman
In symmetric gravitating systems experiencing rapid mass loss, particle orbits change almost instantaneously, which can lead to the development of a sharply contoured density profi…
astro-ph.GA2017★ 97 cited
The Origin and Evolution of Fast and Slow Rotators in the Illustris Simulation
Zephyr Penoyre, Benjamin P. Moster, Debora Sijacki +1
Using the Illustris simulation, we follow thousands of elliptical galaxies back in time to identify how the dichotomy between fast and slow rotating ellipticals (FRs and SRs) devel…