Quantifying the fragility of galactic disks in minor mergers

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 460, Issue 1 PART I, 1996, Pages 121-135

  Walker, Ian R ^a   Christopher Mihos, J ^a,b   Hernquist, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: interactions; Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; Galaxies: structure; Methods: numerical

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644973423     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/176956     Document Type: Article

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