Surface density profiles of collisionless disc merger remnants

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 369, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 625-644

  Naab, Thorsten ^a,b   Trujillo, Ignacio ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: formation; Galaxies: fundamental parameters; Methods: N body simulations; Methods: numerical

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

EARLY TYPES; GALAXIES: ELLIPTICAL AND LENTICULAR CD; GALAXIES: FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS; GALAXY EVOLUTION; GALAXY FORMATIONS; MASS RATIO; METHOD: NUMERICAL; METHODS:N-BODY SIMULATIONS; PROPERTY; SURFACE DENSITY;

MERGING;

EID: 33744953534     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10252.x     Document Type: Article

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