Minor mergers and their impact on the kinematics of old and young stellar populations in disk galaxies

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 535, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Qu, Y ^a   Di Matteo, P ^a   Lehnert, M D ^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

Indexed keywords

COUNTER ROTATING; CUMULATIVE EFFECTS; DISK GALAXIES; DYNAMICAL PROPERTIES; GALAXIES: EVOLUTIONS; GALAXIES: FORMATION; GALAXIES: INTERACTIONS; GALAXIES: KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS; MASS FRACTION; MERGING PROCESS; MILKY WAYS; N-BODY SIMULATION; ORBITAL CHARACTERISTICS; ORBITAL PARAMETERS; ROTATION VELOCITY; STAR FORMATIONS; STELLAR POPULATIONS;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; GALAXIES; KINEMATICS; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; MERGING; ORBITAL LABORATORIES; ROTATING DISKS; SATELLITES; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

STARS;

EID: 80054957540     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201116502     Document Type: Article

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