Systematic search for tidal features around nearby galaxies: I. Enhanced SDSS imaging of the local volume

Context. In hierarchical models of galaxy formation, stellar tidal streams are expected around most, if not all, galaxies. Although these features may provide useful diagnostics of the Λ CDM model, their observational properties remain poorly constrained because they are challenging to detect and in...

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Main Authors: Morales, Gustavo (Author) , Martínez-Delgado, David (Author) , Grebel, Eva K. (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 29 June 2018
In: Astronomy and astrophysics
Year: 2018, Volume: 614
ISSN:1432-0746
DOI:10.1051/0004-6361/201732271
Online Access:Verlag, Pay-per-use, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732271
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Author Notes:Gustavo Morales, David Martínez-Delgado, Eva K. Grebel, Andrew P. Cooper, Behnam Javanmardi, and Arpad Miskolczi

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