Galaxy threshing and the formation of ultracompact dwarf galaxies

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 552, Issue 2 PART 2, 2001, Pages

  Bekki, Kenji ^a   Couch, Warrick J ^a   Drinkwater, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Galaxies: dwarf; Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; Galaxies: formation; Galaxies: interactions; Galaxiesf: clusters: general

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035611702     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/320339     Document Type: Article

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