Are red tidal features unequivocal signatures of major dry mergers?

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 648, Issue 2 I, 2006, Pages 969-975

  Kawata, Daisuke ^a,b   Mulchaey, John S ^a   Gibson, Brad K ^c   Sánchez Blázquez, Patricia ^d  

^a CARNEGIE OBSERVATORIES   (United States)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Galaxies: Formation; Galaxies: Kinematics and dynamics; Galaxies: Stellar content

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750574351     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/506247     Document Type: Article

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