Formation of a Malin 1 analogue in IllustrisTNG by stimulated accretion

Formation of a Malin 1 analogue in IllustrisTNG by stimulated accretion

© 2018 The Author(s). The galaxy Malin 1 contains the largest stellar disc known but the formation mechanism of this structure has been elusive. In this paper, we report a Malin 1 analogue in the 100 Mpc IllustrisTNG simulation and describe its formation history. At redshift zero, this massive galax...

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Main Authors: Zhu, Qirong, Xu, Dandan, Gaspari, Massimo, Rodriguez-Gomez, Vicente, Nelson, Dylan, Vogelsberger, Mark, Torrey, Paul, Pillepich, Annalisa, Zjupa, Jolanta, Weinberger, Rainer, Marinacci, Federico, Pakmor, Rüdiger, Genel, Shy, Li, Yuexing, Springel, Volker, Hernquist, Lars
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2021
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/134757

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