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astro-ph2006★ 91 cited
The importance of dry and wet merging on the formation and evolution of elliptical galaxies
L. Ciotti, B. Lanzoni, M. Volonteri
With the aid of a simple yet robust approach we investigate the influence of dissipationless and dissipative merging on galaxy structure, and the consequent effects on the scaling…
astro-ph2006★ 33 cited
Reconciling optical and X-ray mass estimates: the case of the elliptical galaxy NGC3379
S. Pellegrini, L. Ciotti
NGC3379 is a well studied nearby elliptical for which optical investigations have claimed a little dark matter content, or even no dark matter. Recently, its total mass profile M(r…