Dynamics of galaxy merging and the origin of the color-magnitude relation of elliptical galaxies

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 486, Issue 1 PART I, 1997, Pages 197-200

  Bekki, Kenji ^a   Shioya, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; Galaxies: formation; Galaxies: fundamental parameters; Galaxies: interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645550793     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/304530     Document Type: Article

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