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On the Formation and Dynamics of Shells around Elliptical Galaxies
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2017
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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.
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- VI. Mergers
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- Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 100: Internal Kinematics and Dynamics of Galaxies , 1983 , pp. 347 - 348
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- Copyright © Reidel 1983
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