The slowing down of galaxy disks in dissipationless minor mergers

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 515, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Qu, Y ^a   Di Matteo, P ^a   Lehnert, M ^a   Van Driel, W ^a   Jog, C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: formation; Galaxies: interactions; Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; Galaxies: structure

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); DISPERSIONS; KINEMATICS; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; MERGING; MORPHOLOGY; ORBITAL LABORATORIES;

ASTROPHYSICAL IMPLICATIONS; DARK MATTER HALOS; DISK ROTATION; GALAXIES: EVOLUTIONS; GALAXIES: KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS; INITIAL VALUES; INTERNAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM; MASS CONCENTRATION; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ORBITAL CHARACTERISTICS; ORBITAL PARAMETERS; RANDOM WALK; RELATIVE ORIENTATION; ROTATION SPEED; ROTATION VELOCITY; SPIN VECTORS; STELLAR DISKS; VELOCITY DISPERSION;

GALAXIES;

EID: 77952931579     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200913559     Document Type: Article

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