The galaxy major merger fraction to z - 1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 501, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 505-518

  Lopez Sanjuan C ^a   Balcells, M ^b   Perez Gonzalez P G ^b   Barro, G ^b   Garcia Dabo C E ^a,c   Gallego, J ^b   Zamorano, J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: formation; Galaxies: interactions; Galaxies: statistics

Indexed keywords

DOMINANT PROCESS; GALAXIES: EVOLUTION; GALAXIES: FORMATION; GALAXIES: INTERACTIONS; GALAXIES: STATISTICS; GALAXY EVOLUTION; MASS-LIMITED; MORPHOLOGICAL INFORMATION; OBSERVATIONAL ERRORS; PARAMETERIZED; PARAMETERIZING; RED SHIFT; RED-SHIFTED;

ERRORS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; MERGING; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

GALAXIES;

EID: 67650896324     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200911923     Document Type: Article

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