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astro-ph.CO2012★ 66 cited
Dwarf elliptical galaxies as ancient tidal dwarf galaxies
Jörg Dabringhausen, Pavel Kroupa
The formation of tidal dwarf galaxies (TDGs) is triggered by the encounters of already existing galaxies. Their existence is predicted from numerical calculations of encountering g…
astro-ph.CO2012★ 2 cited
Top-heavy IMFs in ultra compact dwarf galaxies?
Jörg Dabringhausen, Pavel Kroupa
Ultra compact dwarf galaxies (UCDs) are dense stellar systems at the border between massive star-clusters and small galaxies. Their on average high optical mass-to-light (M/L) rati…