Formation of ω Centauri from an ancient nucleated dwarf galaxy in the young Galactic disc

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 346, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Bekki, K ^a   Freeman, K C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Globular clusters: individual: Centauri

Indexed keywords

MERGING; STARS;

DWARF GALAXIES; DYNAMICAL MODELING; GALACTIC DISKS; GLOBULAR CLUSTER: INDIVIDUAL: Ω CENTAURI; GLOBULAR CLUSTERS: INDIVIDUAL; RETROGRADE ORBIT; STARBURSTS; STELLAR ENVELOPE; THIN DISK; TIDAL FORCES;

GALAXIES;

EID: 0344585405     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2966.2003.07275.x     Document Type: Article

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