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The Signature of Galactic Tides in Local Group Dwarf Spheroidals

Jorge Penarrubia, Julio F. Navarro, Alan W. McConnachie +1

(Abridged) We use N-body simulations to explore the effects of tidal stripping on the structure of dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs). We model dSphs as King spheres embedded in NFW…