Formation of S0 galaxies through mergers. Morphological properties: tidal relics, lenses, ovals, and other inner components

M. C. Eliche-Moral, C. Rodriguez-Perez, A. Borlaff +2

Major mergers are popularly considered too destructive to produce the relaxed regular structures and the morphological inner components (ICs) usually observed in lenticular (S0) ga…