Galactic dynamics#

Oort and Lindblad’s differential rotation, Oort’s and Zwicky’s missing mass from velocity dispersions, Rubin and Ford’s flat rotation curves, the Navarro-Frenk-White halo profile, and Chandrasekhar’s dynamical friction – the rotation-curve and dark-matter machinery in physicskit.astro.galactic_dynamics.

Oort and Lindblad’s differential rotation: the Oort constants

Oort and Lindblad's differential rotation: the Oort constants

Oort and Zwicky: missing mass from velocity dispersions

Oort and Zwicky: missing mass from velocity dispersions

Chandrasekhar’s dynamical friction: a satellite spiraling inward

Chandrasekhar's dynamical friction: a satellite spiraling inward

Rubin and Ford: flat galaxy rotation curves

Rubin and Ford: flat galaxy rotation curves

The Navarro-Frenk-White universal halo profile

The Navarro-Frenk-White universal halo profile