Thread C: For persons who know Einstein's first two postulates: Explain the increase in localized angular momentum when galaxies form while maintaining universal angular momentum.
Angular Momentum in Galaxies: Thread C
- Thread starter Erring Flatley
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The images of early galaxies in the process of formation seen on the Hubble Space Telescope's Ultra Deep Field Images (HUDF), are the earliest images of galaxies yet seen. Take a look at them and try to make a generalized statement as to their nature. See: http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/2004/07/images/a/formats/full_jpg.jpg
James R said:
If the total angular momentum of a galaxy where constant throughout its lifespan, and it began as widely dispersed interstellar matter, it would eventually collapse into its center. Galaxies have somehow reached a semisteady state in which the angular momentum balances the intergravitational attraction. Something has set them spinning. They cannot fall into this steady state. There is another source of interaction that is preventing the galaxial mater from falling into a common center. It is not angular momentum. Initial angular momentum is insufficient to overcome a collapse once a collapse begins. Galaxies condense into existence they do not collapse into existence. There is another force at play for which there is no account.