Formation, Evolution and Properties of Isolated Field Elliptical Galaxies [PDF]
, 2010 [Abridged] We study the properties, evolution and formation mechanisms of isolated field elliptical galaxies. We create a mock catalogue of isolated field elliptical galaxies from the Millennium Simulation Galaxy Catalogue, and trace their merging histories.
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High-Resolution Observations of the Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4636 with the Reflection Grating Spectrometer on Board XMM-Newton [PDF]
, 2001 We present the first high spectral resolution X-ray observation of the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 4636, obtained with the reflection grating spectrometer on board the XMM-Newton Observatory.
H. Xu +8 more
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The habitability of large elliptical galaxies [PDF]
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2020 ABSTRACT Based on numbers of stars, supernova rates, and metallicity, a prior study concluded that large elliptical galaxies contain up to 10 000 times more habitable planets than the Milky Way and are thus the ‘cradles of life’. Using the results of their model and taking into account galactic number distributions and supernova rates, I
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Genomic Insights into Post‐Domestication Expansion and Selection of Body Size in Ponies
Advanced Science, EarlyView.The authors’ research delves into the history of ponies by assembling a pony genome and integrating horse genomes. This unveils genetic connections between Asian and European pony breeds. Cis‐regulatory elements of key genes impacting body size are also identified.
Xingzheng Li +23 more
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Chandra Observations of Gas Stripping in the Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4552 in the Virgo Cluster [PDF]
, 2005 We use a 54.4 ks Chandra observation to study ram pressure stripping in NGC 4552 (M89), an elliptical galaxy in the Virgo Cluster. Chandra images in the 0.5-2 keV band show a sharp leading edge in the surface brightness 3.1 kpc north of the galaxy center,
M. Machacek +4 more
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A Photometric Study of Giant Ellipticals and Their Stellar Halos With VST
Galaxies, 2017 Observations of diffuse starlight in the outskirts of galaxies are thought to be a fundamental source of constraints on the cosmological context of galaxy assembly in the Λ CDM model.
Marilena Spavone +10 more
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The Effect of Superpositions on the Planetary Nebula Luminosity Function
The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 Planetary nebula (PN) surveys in systems beyond ∼10 Mpc often find high-excitation, point-like sources with [O iii ] λ 5007 fluxes greater than the apparent bright-end cutoff of the planetary nebula luminosity function (PNLF).
Owen Chase +3 more
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The orientation of galaxy pairs with filamentary structures: dependence on morphology
, 2018 Aims. With the aim of performing an analysis of the orientations of galaxy pair systems with respect to the underlying large-scale structure, we study the alignment between the axis connecting the pair galaxies and the host cosmic filament where the pair
Alonso, Sol +5 more
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Line-of-sight velocity distributions of elliptical galaxies from collisionless mergers [PDF]
, 2006 We analyse the skewness of the line-of-sight velocity distributions in model elliptical galaxies built through collisionless galaxy mergers. We build the models using large N-body simulations of mergers between either two spiral or two elliptical ...
Balcells, M. +2 more
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On the Dichotomy between Normal and Dwarf Ellipticals [PDF]
, 2016 Using images from the SDSS DR13 library, we examine the structural properties of 374 bright (classed E0 to E6) and dwarf ellipticals (classed dE(nN) to dE(N)). The sample combines a multicolor sample of bright ellipticals (252 galaxies with $M_g < -20$) with a new sample of faint ellipticals (60 galaxies with $M_g > -20$) which overlaps the dwarf ...
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