Shell Galaxies, Dynamical Friction, and Dwarf Disruption
published by Ivana Ebrova
in 2009
in Physics
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English
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Abstract in English
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.