Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-06-20
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
4 pages, 2 postscript figures. To appear in "The Central Kpc of Starbursts and AGN, ed. J. H. Knapen, J. E. Beckman, I. Shlosm
Scientific paper
We present the results of N-body simulations of the accretion of high-density dwarf galaxies by low-density giant galaxies. Both galaxies contain power-law central density cusps and point masses representing supermassive black holes; the ratio of galaxy masses is 3:1. The cusp of the dwarf galaxy is always disrupted during the merger, leading to a remnant with a weak power law in the intrinsic density and a ``core'' in the projected density. Removing both black holes from the giant and dwarf galaxies allows the dwarf galaxy to remain intact and leads to a remnant with a high central density, contrary to what is observed. Our results support the hypothesis than the persistence of low-density cores in giant galaxies following mergers is a consequence of the existence of supermassive central black holes.
Cruz Fidel
Merritt David
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