RT Book, Section
T1 A minor-merger origin for inner disks and rings in early-type galaxies
A1 Eliche Moral, María del Carmen
A1 González García, A. C.
A1 Balcells, M.
A1 Aguerri, J. A. L.
A1 Gallego Maestro, Jesús
A1 Zamorano Calvo, Jaime
AB Nuclear disks and rings are frequent galaxy substructures, for a wide range of morphological types [from S0 to Sc, see e.g., 6, 8]. We have investigated the possible minor-merger origin of inner disks and rings in spiral galaxies through collisionless N-body simulations. The models confirm that minor mergers can drive the formation of thin, kinematically-cold structures in the center of galaxies out of satellite material, without requiring the previous formation of a bar. Satellite core particles tend to be deposited in circular orbits in the central potential, due to the strong circularization experienced by the satellite orbit through dynamical friction. The material of the satellite core reaches the remnant center if satellites are dense or massive, building up a thin inner disk; whereas it is fully disrupted before reaching the center in the case of low-mass satellites, creating an inner ring instead.
PB Amer. Inst. Physics
SN 978-0-7354-0786-2
YR 2010
FD 2010
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/45748
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/45748
LA eng
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