Structures in surface-brightness profiles of LMC and SMC star clusters: Evidence of mergers?

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 485, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-80

  Carvalho, L ^a   Saurin, T A ^a   Bica, E ^a   Bonatto, C ^a   Schmidt, A A ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Galaxies: Magellanic Clouds; Galaxies: star clusters

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LUMINANCE; MAPS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOGRAPHY; SURFACES;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; BINARY CLUSTERS; BINARY STARS; BRIGHTNESS PROFILES; CLUSTER INTERACTIONS; STAR CLUSTERS; STRUCTURAL PARAMETERS;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 45249119941     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20079298     Document Type: Article

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