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A fitting formula for the merger timescale of galaxies in hierarchical clustering

C. Y. Jiang, Y. P. Jing, A. Faltenbacher +2

We study galaxy mergers using a high-resolution cosmological hydro/N-body simulation with star formation, and compare the measured merger timescales with theoretical predictions ba…