Simulations of Shell Galaxies with GADGET-2: Multi-Generation Shell Systems
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| Year of publication | 2011 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | ENVIRONMENT AND THE FORMATION OF GALAXIES: 30 YEARS LATER: PROCEEDINGS OF SYMPOSIUM 2 OF JENAM 2010 |
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| Citation | |
| Web | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011efgt.book..195B |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20285-8_39 |
| Field | Astronomy and astrophysics |
| Keywords | galaxies: interactions; galaxies: N-body simulations; galaxies: shell galaxies |
| Description | As the missing complement to existing studies of shell galaxies, we carried out a set of self-consistent N-body simulations of a minor merger forming a stellar shell system within a giant elliptical galaxy. We discuss the effect of a phenomenon possibly associated with the galaxy merger simulations - a presence of multiple generations of shells. |
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