A simple model for the size evolution of elliptical galaxies

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 648, Issue 1 II, 2006, Pages

  Khochfar, Sadegh ^a   Silk, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: interactions; Galaxies: structure; Methods: numerical

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748793087     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/507768     Document Type: Article

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