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Galaxy Merger Morphologies and Time-Scales from Simulations of Equal-Mass Gas-Rich Disc Mergers
Jennifer M. Lotz, Patrik Jonsson, T. J. Cox +1
A key obstacle to understanding the galaxy merger rate and its role in galaxy evolution is the difficulty in constraining the merger properties and time-scales from instantaneous s…
The Formation of Polar Disk Galaxies
Chris B. Brook, Fabio Governato, Thomas Quinn +5
Polar Ring Galaxies, such as NGC4650A, are a class of galaxy which have two kinematically distinct components that are inclined by almost 90 degrees to each other. These striking g…
Predicting the Properties of the Remnants of Dissipative Galaxy Mergers
M. Covington, A. Dekel, T. J. Cox +2
We construct a physically motivated model for predicting the properties of the remnants of gaseous galaxy mergers, given the properties of the progenitors and the orbit. The model…
The effect of galaxy mass ratio on merger--driven starbursts
T. J. Cox, Patrik Jonsson, Rachel S. Somerville +2
We employ numerical simulations of galaxy mergers to explore the effect of galaxy mass ratio on merger--driven starbursts. Our numerical simulations include radiative cooling of ga…
Dust Attenuation in Hydrodynamic Simulations of Spiral Galaxies
Miguel Rocha, Patrik Jonsson, Joel R. Primack +1
We study the effects of dust in hydrodynamic simulations of spiral galaxies when different radial metallicity gradients are assumed. SUNRISE, a Monte-Carlo radiative-transfer code,…
Shapes of Stellar Systems and Dark Halos from Simulations of Galaxy Major Mergers
Gregory S. Novak, Thomas J. Cox, Joel R. Primack +2
Using a sample of 89 snapshots from 58 hydrodynamic binary galaxy major merger simulations, we find that stellar remnants are mostly oblate while dark matter halos are mostly prola…