Loops formed by tidal tails as fossil records of a major merger

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 538, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Wang, J ^a,b   Hammer, F ^a   Athanassoula, E ^c   Puech, M ^a   Yang, Y ^a,b   Flores, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

galaxies: evolution; galaxies: individual: NGC 5907; galaxies: interactions; galaxies: spiral

Indexed keywords

EXTENDED FEATURES; FORM FEATURES; FOSSIL RECORDS; FREE PARAMETERS; GALAXIES: EVOLUTIONS; GALAXIES: INDIVIDUAL: NGC 5907; GALAXIES: INTERACTIONS; GALAXIES: SPIRAL; GAS FRACTION; GAS PROPERTIES; GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL; ORBITAL PARAMETERS; POTENTIAL WELLS; SPIRAL GALAXIES;

ASSOCIATED GAS; GALAXIES; MERGING; ORBITAL LABORATORIES; SATELLITES;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 84863156773     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201117423     Document Type: Article

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