Do mergers make (normal) ellipticals?

dc.creatorMihos, Chris
dc.date2000-09-06
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T01:55:21Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T01:55:21Z
dc.descriptionUnder the merger hypothesis, elliptical galaxies are built through mergers of gas-rich spirals. However, the relative paucity of HI in most normal ellipticals demands significant processing of atomic gas into other forms if this process is to be viable. Here I present a few qualitative remarks on how the properties of merger-spawned ellipticals might depend on the (evolving) gas content of the progenitor disks, then turn to a more quantitative study of the constraints provided by the nuclear properties of ellipticals and merger remnants.
dc.description4 pages, 1 Postscript figure, uses newpasp.sty. To apear in the conference proceedings of "Gas and Galaxy Evolution"
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0009099
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0009099
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/1626
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleDo mergers make (normal) ellipticals?
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