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Modeling the kinematics and star formation history of Andromeda II by a gas-rich major merger of dwarf galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2017

Sylvain Fouquet ,
Ewa L. Łokas  and
Andrés del Pino
Sylvain Fouquet*
Affiliation:
Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Bartycka 18, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland
Ewa L. Łokas
Affiliation:
Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Bartycka 18, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland
Andrés del Pino
Affiliation:
Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Bartycka 18, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland
*
*email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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We present an evolutionary model for the origin of Andromeda II, a dwarf spheroidal satellite of M31. The model is an extension of the scenario proposed by Łokas et al. (2014) involving a major merger between two gas-rich disky dwarf galaxies.

Keywords

galaxies: dwarfevolutionLocal Groupstructurestellar contentkinematics and dynamics
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 11 , Symposium S321: Formation and Evolution of Galaxy Outskirts , March 2016 , pp. 132
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2017 

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