Galaxy threshing and the origin of ultra-compact dwarf galaxies in the Fornax cluster

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 344, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 399-411

  Bekki, K ^a   Couch, W J ^a   Drinkwater, M J ^c   Shioya, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Galaxies: Clusters: General; Galaxies: Clusters: Individual: Fomax; Galaxies: Dwarf; Galaxies: Elliptical and lenticular, cD; Galaxies: Formation; Galaxies: Interactions

Indexed keywords

STARS;

DENSITY PROFILE; DWARF GALAXIES; GALAXIES: CLUSTERS: GENERAL; GALAXIES: CLUSTERS: INDIVIDUAL: VIRGO; GALAXIES: DWARF; GALAXIES: ELLIPTICAL AND LENTICULAR CD; GALAXIES: INTERACTIONS; GALAXY FORMATIONS; GALAXY: CLUSTER: INDIVIDUAL: FOMAX; SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEYS;

GALAXIES;

EID: 0141955871     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06916.x     Document Type: Article

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