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Evolution of Compact Groups of Galaxies I. Merging Rates
E. Athanassoula, J. Makino, A. Bosma
We discuss the merging rates in compact groups of 5 identical elliptical galaxies. All groups have the same mass and binding energy. We consider both cases with individual halos an…
astro-ph1996★ 4 cited
Dynamical Evolution of Galaxy Groups. A comparison of two approaches
C. Garcia-Gomez, E. Athanassoula, A. Garijo
In this paper we test the performance of explicit simulations of groups of galaxies, (i.e. simulations in which each galaxy is treated as a mass point and the physics of the intera…