Disruption of a dwarf galaxy under strong shocking: The origin of ω Centauri

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 350, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1141-1151

  Tsuchiya, T ^a,b   Korchagin, V I ^c,e   Dinescu, D I ^c,d  

^a ASTRONOMISCHES RECHEN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ACADEMY OF ROMANIAN SCIENTISTS   (Romania)

^e SOUTHERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Galaxies: interactions; Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; Globular clusters: individual: Centauri; Methods: N body simulations

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; DENSITY PROFILE; DWARF GALAXIES; GALAXIES: INTERACTIONS; GALAXIES: KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS; GLOBULAR CLUSTER: INDIVIDUAL: Ω CENTAURI; GLOBULAR CLUSTERS: INDIVIDUAL; INITIAL MASS; METHODS:N-BODY SIMULATIONS; N-BODY SIMULATION;

GALAXIES;

EID: 2642554523     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07716.x     Document Type: Article

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