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Compact and Fossil Groups
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 August 2006
Abstract
We present a short review on poor groups of galaxies focusing on the evolution of compact groups and formation of fossil groups. Fossil groups are systems with one dominant luminous elliptical galaxy surrounded by faint companions, in an extended X-ray halo. We will briefly discuss the possibility of fossil groups being the end-products of the merging of compact groups.
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- Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Symposium S235: Galaxy Evolution Across the Hubble Time , August 2006 , pp. 160 - 164
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