Characteristics of thick disks formed through minor mergers: Stellar excesses and scale lengths

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 530, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Qu, Y ^a   Di Matteo, P ^a   Lehnert, M D ^a   Van Driel, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES: EVOLUTIONS; GALAXIES: FORMATION; GALAXIES: INTERACTIONS; GALAXIES: KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS; GALAXIES: STRUCTURE;

GALAXIES; HEATING; KINEMATICS; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; MERGING; STARS;

ROTATING DISKS;

EID: 79955515099     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015224     Document Type: Article

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