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The vast thin plane of M31 co-rotating dwarfs: an additional fossil signature of the M31 merger and of its considerable impact in the whole Local Group
François Hammer, Yanbin Yang, Sylvain Fouquet +5
The recent discovery by Ibata et al. (2013) of a vast thin disk of satellites (VTDS) around M31 offers a new challenge for the understanding of the Local Group properties. This com…
A possible impact near the Milky Way of a former major merger in the Local Group
Sylvain Fouquet, François Hammer, Yanbin Yang +2
The Milky Way (MW) dwarf system presents two exceptional features, namely it forms a thick plane called the Vast Polar Structure (VPOS), and the two biggest dwarves, the Magellanic…
The Milky Way and other spiral galaxies
F. Hammer, M. Puech, H. Flores +3
Cosmologists have often considered the Milky Way as a typical spiral galaxy, and its properties have considerably influenced the current scheme of galaxy formation. Here we compare…
Could M31 be the result of a major merger?
Sylvain Fouquet, François Hammer, Yang-Bin Yang +3
We investigated a scenario in which M31 could be the remnant of a gas-rich major merger. Galaxy merger simulations, highly constrained by observations, were run using GADGET 2 in o…
The Formation of Large Galactic Disks: Revival or Survival?
F. Hammer, M. Puech, H. Flores +5
Using the deepest and the most complete set of observations of distant galaxies, we investigate how extended disks could have formed. Observations include spatially-resolved kinema…
Could M31 come from a major merger and eject the LMC away?
S. Fouquet, F. Hammer, Y. B. Yang +3
We investigated a scenario in which M31 could be the remnant of a major merger and at the origin of the LMC. Galaxy merger simulations were run in order to reproduce some M31 prope…