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Do elliptical galaxies have thick disks?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
Abstract
We discuss new evidence which supports the existence of thick disks in elliptical/S0 galaxies. Numerical simulations of weak interactions with thick disk systems produce shell structures very similar in appearance to those observed in many shell galaxies. We think this model presents a more plausible explanation for the formation of shell structures in elliptical/S0 galaxies than does the merger model and, if correct, supports the existence of thick disks in elliptical/S0 galaxies.
- Type
- IX. Theory of Interaction Stimulated Effects
- Information
- International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 124: Paired and Interacting Galaxies , 1990 , pp. 755 - 758
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- Copyright © NASA 1990