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Multilateral Study of the Andromeda Giant Stream: Implications for the progenitor, its MBH, and the M31 halo

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2017

Takanobu Kirihara ,
Yohei Miki ,
Masao Mori ,
Toshihiro Kawaguchi  and
R. Michael Rich
Takanobu Kirihara
Affiliation:
Faculty of Pure and Applied Physics, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Japan email: kirihara@ccs.tsukuba.ac.jp
Yohei Miki
Affiliation:
Center for Computational Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Japan
Masao Mori
Affiliation:
Faculty of Pure and Applied Physics, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Japan email: kirihara@ccs.tsukuba.ac.jp Center for Computational Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Japan
Toshihiro Kawaguchi
Affiliation:
Sapporo Medical University, S1W17, Chuoh-ku, Sapporo, Japan
R. Michael Rich
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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Abstract

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In a series of papers, we have performed N-body simulations of a galaxy collision to reproduce the observed shape, kinematics, and metallicity distribution of a giant stellar stream and shell-like structures in the halo of Andromeda galaxy (M31).

Keywords

galaxies: individual(M31)-galaxies: interactions-galaxies: kinematics and dynamics
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 11 , Symposium S321: Formation and Evolution of Galaxy Outskirts , March 2016 , pp. 42
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2017 

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