On the survival of metallicity gradients to major dry-mergers

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 499, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 427-437

  Di Matteo, P ^a   Pipino, A ^b   Lehnert, M D ^a   Combes, F ^c   Semelin, B ^c  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: interaction; Methods: N body simulations; Methods: numerical

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES: ELLIPTICAL AND LENTICULAR, CD; GALAXIES: EVOLUTION; GALAXIES: INTERACTION; METHODS: N-BODY SIMULATIONS; METHODS: NUMERICAL;

CURING; GALAXIES; MERGING; NUMERICAL METHODS;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 66349136584     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200911715     Document Type: Article

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