Cusp disruption in minor mergers

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 551, Issue 1 PART 2, 2001, Pages

  Merritt, David ^a   Cruz, Fidel ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: interactions; Galaxies: nuclei

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035836915     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/319845     Document Type: Article

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