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Mergers of Luminous Early-Type Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2010

Z. L. Wen ,
J. L. Han  and
F. S. Liu
Z. L. Wen
Affiliation:
National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
J. L. Han
Affiliation:
National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
F. S. Liu
Affiliation:
College of Physics Science and Technology, Shenyang Normal University, China
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Galaxy mergers play an important role in many astrophysical processes, such as growth of massive galaxies, triggering AGN, formation of supermassive black hole (SMBH) binaries, and gravitational wave (GW) radiation. Merger rate is one of key quantities for these studies. Previous studies show that the pair fraction varies in a range of 1%–10% in the redshift range of z = 0.2–1.2. These merger rates are usually calculated from projected close pairs, and very few previous authors have carefully checked the merging fraction of a large sample of pairs.

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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 5 , Symposium S267: Co-Evolution of Central Black Holes and Galaxies , August 2009 , pp. 270
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