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Formation and Secular Evolution of Elliptical Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

George Lake
George Lake*
Affiliation:
University of Washington, Dept. of Astronomy, Seattle, Washington 98195, U.S.A.

Abstract

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Three ways have been proposed to make elliptical galaxies: cooling by gas dynamical processes at late epochs, Compton cooling at early times and merging. These theories must address a variety of observational constraints, the most severe being the problems of slow rotation and high central phase densities. I look at some aspects of all three theories with particular attention to key numerical simulations and observations that can distinguish between the scenarios.

Type
Invited Reviews
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 127: Structure and Dynamics of Elliptical Galaxies , 1987 , pp. 331 - 338
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

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