Shell Galaxies, Dynamical Friction, and Dwarf Disruption
Abstract
Using N-body simulations of shell galaxies created in nearly radial minor mergers, we investigate the error of collision dating, resulting from the neglect of dynamical friction and of gradual disruption of the cannibalized dwarf.
- Publication:
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Galaxies in Isolation: Exploring Nature Versus Nurture
- Pub Date:
- October 2010
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.0909.3012
- arXiv:
- arXiv:0909.3012
- Bibcode:
- 2010ASPC..421..252E
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics - Galaxy Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 1 page, 1 figure, to be published in the proceedings of the conference "Galaxies in Isolation: Exploring Nature vs. Nurture" (12-15 May 2009