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Thick-disk evolution induced by the growth of an embedded thin disk
Álvaro Villalobos, Stelios Kazantzidis, Amina Helmi
We perform collisionless N-body simulations to investigate the evolution of the structural and kinematical properties of simulated thick disks induced by the growth of an embedded…
Orbital Eccentricity as a probe of Thick Disk Formation Scenarios
Laura V. Sales, Amina Helmi, Mario G. Abadi +7
We study the orbital properties of stars in four (published) simulations of thick disks formed by: i) accretion from disrupted satellites, ii) heating of a pre-existing thin disk b…
Simulations of minor mergers. II. The phase-space structure of thick discs
Álvaro Villalobos, Amina Helmi
We analyse the phase-space structure of simulated thick discs that are the result of a significant merger between a disc galaxy and a satellite. Our main goal is to establish what…