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On the Formation and Dynamics of Shells around Elliptical Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

P. J. Quinn
P. J. Quinn*
Affiliation:
Mt. Stromlo and Siding Springs Observatories The Australian National University

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Sharp shell-like structures around elliptical galaxies can be modelled by the phase wrapping of a cold disk of stars in the fixed potential of a massive elliptical galaxy. Such structures can then be used as probes of the potential field of ellipticals and a diagnostic of the merger event.

Type
VI. Mergers
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 100: Internal Kinematics and Dynamics of Galaxies , 1983 , pp. 347 - 348
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1983 

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