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Physics and astronomy
Influence of the nonaxisymmetric dark halo shape on galaxies outer spiral pattern morphology
M. A. Butenko, I. V. Belikova, S. S. Khokhlova, N. M. Kuz'min, G. S. Ivanchenko, A. V. Tån Volgograd State University
Abstract:
The results of numerical simulations of a gaseous galactic disk rotating in an external nonaxisymmetric potential of a dark halo are presented in the article. Analysis of two models of a nonaxisymmetric dark halo, in which a gaseous galactic disk rotates, has been carried out. In the rst case, the halo is nonaxisymmetric within the optical radius of the disk, where the bulk of the visible matter of the galaxy is located, including the stellar disk. The model is ine ective for the external long-lived spiral structure formation in the disk periphery due to the nonaxisymmetry of dark halo. In the second series of calculations, we have employed the model with a symmetric halo inside the optical radius and a nonaxisymmetric one outside of it. The results of the simulations con rm that nonaxisymmetry in the halo matter distribution is e ectively generating the global spiral pattern at the periphery of the galaxy. One may observe such spiral structures in some galaxies, mainly in the ultraviolet range. Analysis of various model parameters has showed that the value of parameter $\epsilon$ is the primary characteristic a ecting the morphology of the forming spiral pattern. This value determines the degree of nonaxisymmetry of the halo. The Le parameter introduced in this work and responsible for the formation of small-scale structures in the transition region does not signi cantly a ect the disk periphery. Moreover, the larger the value of Le, the smoother spirals are formed. As it has shown in this work the size of the computational grid does not signi cantly in uence the simulation results, revealing only small-scale structures which are not the subject of current work.
Keywords:
hydrodynamics, physics of galaxies, outer spiral structure, dark halo, numerical simulation.
Received: 03.06.2021
Citation:
M. A. Butenko, I. V. Belikova, S. S. Khokhlova, N. M. Kuz'min, G. S. Ivanchenko, A. V. Tån, “Influence of the nonaxisymmetric dark halo shape on galaxies outer spiral pattern morphology”, Mathematical Physics and Computer Simulation, 24:3 (2021), 73–85
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