tidal tail
(string of mass ejected by a tidal forces in a neutron star merger)
In astrophysics, the term tidal tail refers to a "tail" (i.e., a
long stream of something) extracted from an astronomical object
through tidal forces, during an encounter with another object.
Two common uses:
(mergers,neutron stars,tidal)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_tail
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...736L..21R/abstract
http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/T/Tidal+Tails
https://dictionary.obspm.fr/index.php?showAll=1&formSearchTextfield=tidal+tail
Referenced by pages:
dwarf galaxy problem
galactic tide
galaxy interaction
galaxy merger
GW170817
peculiar galaxy (p)
shell galaxy
tidal arm
Toomre sequence
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