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| Name: Nimisha Kantharia Affiliation: NCRA-TIFR Conference ID: ASI2016_752 Title : Counter-rotation in galaxies Authors and Co-Authors : - Abstract Type : Poster Abstract Category : Extragalactic astronomy Abstract : Counter-rotation has been observed in galaxies with morphologies ranging from elliptical to spiral to irregular and in galaxies which are isolated to interacting. Both factors - internal and external to the galaxy have been invoked to explain this peculiar and intriguing observed phenomenon in galaxies. In this paper we discuss a few cases and suggest a modified model to explain the observed counter-rotation in interacting galaxies. |