Galaxies with Shells in the Illustris Simulation: Metallicity Signatures

Galaxies with Shells in the Illustris Simulation: Metallicity Signatures

Stellar shells are low surface brightness arcs of overdense stellar regions, extending to large galactocentric distances. In a companion study, we identified 39 shell galaxies in a sample of 220 massive ellipticals ( M 200 crit > 6 × 10 12 M ⊙ ) from the Illustris cosmological...

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Main Authors: Ana-Roxana Pop, Annalisa Pillepich, Nicola C. Amorisco, Lars Hernquist
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-08-01
Series:Galaxies
Subjects:
cosmology: theory
galaxies: evolution
galaxies: interactions
galaxies: kinematics and dynamics
galaxies: structure
methods: numerical
stellar shells
stellar metallicities
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4434/5/3/34

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