How Low Can Q Go?

Gravitational instability plays a substantial role in the evolution of galaxies. Various schemes to include it in galaxy evolution models exist, generally assuming that the Toomre Q parameter is self-regulated to Q _crit , the critical Q dividing stable from unstable conditions in a linear stability...

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Main Author: John C. Forbes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/adbf91
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