The importance of spheroidal and mixed mergers for early-type galaxy formation

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 597, Issue 2 II, 2003, Pages

  Khochfar, S ^a   Burkert, A ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; Galaxies: formation; Galaxies: interactions; Methods: numerical

Indexed keywords

EID: 1142309449     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/379845     Document Type: Article

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