Published 1983
| Version v1
Book
Observational evidence for mergers
Creators
- 1. Carnegie Institution of Washington, DC (USA). Dept. of Terrestrial Magnetism
Description
Theory has long suggested that dynamical friction between colliding galaxies must lead to mergers. The problem for observers has been to find which galaxies are mergers. The author first reviews the available evidence for mergers in various kinds of galaxies, then proposes a tentative classification scheme for mergers, and finally discusses mergers in giant ellipticals and their relation to the evolution and perhaps even the formation of ellipticals. (Auth.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- D. Reidel.
- Imprint Place
- Dordrecht (Netherlands)
- ISBN
- 90-277-1546-7
- Imprint Title
- Internal kinematics and dynamics of galaxies
- Imprint Pagination
- 432 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 319-329.
Conference
- Title
- International Astronomical Union symposium no. 100 on internal kinematics and dynamics of galaxies.
- Dates
- 9-13 Aug 1982.
- Place
- Besancon (France).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 15054712
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- COALESCENCE; ELLIPTICAL CONFIGURATION; GALACTIC EVOLUTION; GALAXIES; GALAXY NUCLEI; SHAPE
- Descriptors DEC
- CONFIGURATION
Optional Information
- Notes
- 3 figs.; 1 table; 26 refs.; discussion. Imprint:Includes subject, object and author index.