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THE INFLUENCE OF SCALAR FIELDS IN<br />

PROTOGALACTIC INTERACTIONS<br />

M. A. Rodriguez–Meza*, Jaime Klapp † , Jorge L. Cervantes-Cota ‡<br />

Departamento <strong>de</strong> Física,<br />

<strong>Instituto</strong> Nacional <strong>de</strong> Investigaciones Nucleares, (ININ)<br />

Apartado postal 18–1027, México D.F. 11801, México.<br />

He<strong>in</strong>z Dehnen §<br />

Fakultät für Physik, Universität Konstanz,<br />

Postfach 5560 M 677, D–78434 Konstanz, Germany<br />

Abstract We present simulations with<strong>in</strong> the framework of scalar-tensor theories,<br />

<strong>in</strong> the Newtonian limit, to <strong>in</strong>vestigate the <strong>in</strong>fluence of massive scalar<br />

fields on the dynamics of the collision of two equal spherical clouds. We<br />

employ a SPH co<strong>de</strong> modified to <strong>in</strong>clu<strong>de</strong> the scalar field to simulate two<br />

<strong>in</strong>itially non-rotat<strong>in</strong>g protogalaxies that approach each other, <strong>and</strong> as a<br />

result of the tidal <strong>in</strong>teraction, <strong>in</strong>tr<strong>in</strong>sic angular momentum is generated.<br />

We have obta<strong>in</strong>ed sufficient large values of J/M to suggest that <strong>in</strong>tr<strong>in</strong>sic<br />

angular momentum can be the result of tidal <strong>in</strong>teractions.<br />

Keywords: Protogalactic <strong>in</strong>teractions, galaxy merg<strong>in</strong>gs, scalar–tensor theories.<br />

1. INTRODUCTION<br />

In recent years there has been achieved important progress <strong>in</strong> un<strong>de</strong>rst<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />

the dynamics that led to the formation of galaxies. Two <strong>and</strong><br />

three dimensional N-body simulations of galaxies <strong>and</strong> protogalaxies have<br />

been computed us<strong>in</strong>g up to a few millions of particles, giv<strong>in</strong>g a more realistic<br />

view of how galaxies, quasars, <strong>and</strong> black holes could have formed<br />

[1, 2].<br />

*On leave from <strong>Instituto</strong> <strong>de</strong> Física, Universidad Autónoma <strong>de</strong> Puebla.<br />

† E–mail: klapp@nuclear.<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>.mx<br />

‡ E–mail: jorge@nuclear.<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>.mx<br />

§ E–mail: He<strong>in</strong>z.Dehnen@uni-konstanz.<strong>de</strong><br />

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