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The flattening and the orbital structure of early-type galaxies and collisionless N-body binary disk mergers
J. Thomas, R. Jesseit, R. P. Saglia +8
We use oblate axisymmetric dynamical models including dark halos to determine the orbital structure of intermediate mass to massive Coma early-type galaxies. We find a large variet…
Specific Angular Momentum of Disc Merger Remnants and the -Parameter
Roland Jesseit, Michele Cappellari, Thorsten Naab +2
We use two-dimensional kinematic maps of simulated binary disc mergers to investigate the -parameter, which is a luminosity weighted measure of projected angular momentum per…
The Connection between Orbits and Isophotal Shape in Elliptical Galaxies
Roland Jesseit, Thorsten Naab, Andreas Burkert
We examine the origin of photometrical properties of N-body merger remnants from the perpective of their orbital content. We show that disc mergers alone are unlikely to form a box…
SAURON's Challenge for the Major Merger Scenario of Elliptical Galaxy Formation
Andreas Burkert, Thorsten Naab, Peter H. Johansson
The intrinsic anisotropy delta and flattening epsilon of simulated merger remnants is compared with elliptical galaxies that have been observed by the SAURON collaboration, and tha…
Formation and evolution of galactic spheroids by mergers
Thorsten Naab, Andreas Burkert, Peter H. Johansson +1
Galactic spheroids can form as a result of galaxy interactions and mergers of disks. Detailed analyses of the photometric properties, the intrinsic orbital structure, the line-of-s…
Axisymmetric orbit models of N-body merger remnants: a dependency of reconstructed mass on viewing angle
J. Thomas, R. Jesseit, T. Naab +3
We model mock observations of collisionless N-body disc-disc mergers with an axisymmetric orbit superposition program that has been used to model Coma ellipticals. The remnants sam…