The role of mergers and halo spin in shaping galaxy morphology

Mergers and the spin of the dark matter halo are factors traditionally believed to determine the morphology of galaxies within a Λ cold dark matter (ΛCDM) cosmology. We study this hypothesis by considering approximately 18 000 central galaxies at z = 0 with stellar masses M* = 109-1012 M⊙ selected f...

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Hauptverfasser: Rodriguez-Gomez, Vicente (VerfasserIn) , Springel, Volker (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 06 February 2017
In: Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Year: 2017, Jahrgang: 467, Heft: 3, Pages: 3083-3098
ISSN:1365-2966
DOI:10.1093/mnras/stx305
Online-Zugang:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx305
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Verfasserangaben:Vicente Rodriguez-Gomez, Laura V. Sales, Shy Genel, Annalisa Pillepich, Jolanta Zjupa, Dylan Nelson, Brendan Griffen, Paul Torrey, Gregory F. Snyder, Mark Vogelsberger, Volker Springel, Chung-Pei Ma and Lars Hernquist

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