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Orbital Parameters of Merging Dark Matter Halos
S. Khochfar, A. Burkert
In order to specify cosmologically motivated initial conditions for major galaxy mergers (mass ratios 4:1) that are supposed to explain the formation of elliptical galaxies…
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The Importance of Dry and Mixed Mergers for Early-Type Galaxy Formation
Sadegh Khochfar, Andreas Burkert
We use semi-analytical modelling techniques to investigate the progenitor morphologies of present day ellipticals. We find that, independent of the environment, the fraction of mer…