Extremely massive disc galaxies in the nearby Universe form through gas-rich minor mergers
In our hierarchical structure-formation paradigm, the observed morphological evolution of massive galaxies – from rotationally supported discs to dispersion-dominated spheroids – is largely explained via galaxy merging. However, since mergers are likely to destroy discs, and the most massive galaxie...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2022
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