Self-consistent models of box-shaped ellipticals
Μαρία Πέτρου · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 1987
It is shown that boxiness can be caused by a distribution function sharply biased towards high angular momentum orbits. Some models are presented which are axially symmetric with velocity which drops slowly away from the equatorial plane. Such models can be thought of as very thick hot discs, and we argue that this is a clue as to the origin of such systems.