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Simulations of Galaxy Mergers

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Internal Kinematics and Dynamics of Galaxies

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The last few years have seen a considerable amount of effort devoted to the problem of simulating the coalescence of galaxies. After a discussion of the merits and limitations of the N-body techniques that have been used, I summarise the insight this research gives into the mechanisms driving strong interactions in galaxy collisions and into the structure of the remnants such collisions produce.

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  1. Department of Astronomy and Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA

    Simon D. M. White

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  1. Observatoire de Besançon, France

    E. Athanassoula

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White, S.D.M. (1983). Simulations of Galaxy Mergers. In: Athanassoula, E. (eds) Internal Kinematics and Dynamics of Galaxies. International Astronomical Union/Union Astronomique Internationale, vol 100. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7075-5_93

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