GEMS: The destiny of blue spheroidal galaxies

GEMS: The destiny of blue spheroidal galaxies

One of the key predictions of hierarchical galaxy formation models is that a significant fraction of elliptical galaxies form in late merging events. One of the most important diagnostics of such an assembly is the existence of blue spheroidal galaxies, which have spheroid-dominated morphologies and...

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Main Authors: Haußler, B, Bell, E, Barden, M, McIntosh, D, Rix, H, Borch, A, Beckwith, S, Caldwell, J, Heymans, C, Jahnke, K, Jogee, S, Koposov, SE, Meisenheimer, K, Peng, C, Sánchez, S, Somerville, R, Wisotzki, L, Wolf, C
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2006

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