Sauron's challenge for the major merger scenario of elliptical galaxy formation

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 685, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 897-903

  Burkert, Andreas ^a   Naab, Thorsten ^a   Johansson, Peter H ^a   Jesseit, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: formation; Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; Galaxies: structure; Methods: n body simulations

Indexed keywords

EID: 53549099094     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/591632     Document Type: Article

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