Comparing Various Approaches to Simulating the Formation of Shell Galaxies

Details Comparing Various Approaches to Simulating the Formation of Shell Galaxies Comparing Various Approaches to Simulating the Formation of Shell Galaxies

2011-03-13

arxiv.org/abs/1103.2565v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxy Astrophysics

2 pages, 1 figure, to appear in the Proceedings of JENAM 2010, Symposium 2: "Environment and the formation of galaxies: 30 yea

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The model of a radial minor merger proposed by Quinn (1984), which successfully reproduces the observed regular shell systems in shell galaxies, is ideal for a test-particle simulation. We compare such a simulation with a self-consistent one. They agree very well in positions of the first generation of shells but potentially important effects -- dynamical friction and gradual decay of the dwarf galaxy -- are not present in the test-particle model, therefore we look for a proper way to include them.

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