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Cosmological Evolution of Supergiant Star-Forming Clouds
Melinda L. Weil, Ralph E. Pudritz
In an exploration of the birthplaces of globular clusters, we present a careful examination of the formation of self-gravitating gas clouds within assembling dark matter haloes in…
A Comparison of Simple Galaxy Mass Estimators
Melinda L. Weil
The virial, projected and spherical Jeans equation galaxy mass estimators are compared. High-resolution models of elliptical galaxies from N-body simulations are used to compare pr…
Formation of Disc Galaxies
M. L. Weil, V. R. Eke, G. Efstathiou
We investigate the influence of the cooling epoch on the formation of galaxies in a cold dark matter dominated universe. Isolated haloes, with circular speeds typical of spiral gal…
Diffuse Stellar Light at 100 kpc Scales in M87
Melinda L. Weil, Jonathan Bland-Hawthorn, David F. Malin
In a new survey of nearby galaxies from stacked photographic images, M87 shows a diffuse fan of stellar material which extends along the projected SE (major) axis out to about 100…
Global Properties of Multiple Merger Remnants
Melinda L. Weil, Lars Hernquist
Merger remnants of small groups of galaxies are contrasted with relics of mergers of pairs of galaxies to determine which process produces objects that best compare to real ellipti…