Comparing Various Approaches to Simulating the Formation of Shell Galaxies
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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 | |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20285-8_40 |
| Field | Astronomy and astrophysics |
| Keywords | galaxies: interactions; galaxies: N-body simulations; galaxies: shell galaxies |
| Description | The model of a radial minor merger proposed by [Quinn, ApJ 279, 596 (1984)], which successfully reproduces the observed regular shell systems in shell galaxies, is ideal for a test-particle simulation. We compare such a simulation with a self-consistent one. They agree very well in positions of the first generation of shells but potentially important effects - dynamical friction and gradual decay of the dwarf galaxy - are not present in the test-particle model, therefore we look for a proper way to include them. |
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