Abstract
The phenomenon of counterrotation is observed when two galaxy components have their angular momenta projected antiparallel onto the sky. It follows that if the two components rotate around the same axis, the counter-rotation is intrinsic. On the contrary the counterrotation is only apparent if the rotation axes are misaligned and the line-of-sight lies in between the two vectors or their antivectors. In the case of intrinsic counterrotation the two components can be superimposed or radially separated.
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Bertola, F., Corsini, E.M. (1999). Counterrotation in Galaxies. In: Barnes, J.E., Sanders, D.B. (eds) Galaxy Interactions at Low and High Redshift. International Astronomical Union, vol 186. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4665-4_32
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