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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

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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