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720042.0,
MPI für Astronomie / Publikationen_mpia |
| Formation of S0 galaxies through mergers. Explaining angular momentum and concentration change from spirals to S0s |
| Authors: | Querejeta, M.; Eliche-Moral, M. C.; Tapia, T.; Borlaff, A.; van de Ven, G.; Lyubenova, M.; Martig, M.; Falcón-Barroso, J.; Méndez-Abreu, J. | | Date of Publication (YYYY-MM-DD): | 2015 | | Title of Journal: | Astronomy and Astrophysics | | Volume: | 579 | | Start Page: | id. L2 (6 pp) | | Audience: | Not Specified | | Abstract / Description: | The CALIFA team has recently found that the stellar angular momentum and concentration of late-type spiral galaxies are incompatible with those of lenticular galaxies (S0s), concluding that fading alone cannot satisfactorily explain the evolution from spirals into S0s. Here we explore whether major mergers can provide an alternative way to transform spirals into S0s by analysing the spiral-spiral major mergers from the GalMer database that lead to realistic, relaxed S0-like galaxies. We find that the change in stellar angular momentum and concentration can explain the differences in the λRe-R90/R50 plane found by the CALIFA team. Major mergers thus offer a feasible explanation for the transformation of spirals into S0s. Table 1 is available in electronic form at <A href="http://www.aanda.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526354/olm">http://www.aanda.org</A> | | Free Keywords: | galaxies: interactions; galaxies: evolution; galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; galaxies: elliptical and lenticular; cD | | External Publication Status: | published | | Document Type: | Article |
| Communicated by: | N. N. | | Affiliations: | MPI für Astronomie | | Identifiers: | ISSN:0004-6361
URL:http://cdsads.u-strasbg.fr/abs/2015A%26A...579L......
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