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The Formation of Galactic Bulges
Reynier Peletier, Marc Balcells, Jesus Falcon-Barroso +1
We summarise some recent results about nearby galactic bulges that are relevant to their formation. We highlight a number of significant advances in our understanding of the surfac…
astro-ph2005
Satellite Infall and the Growth of Bulges of Spiral Galaxies
M. C. Eliche-Moral, M. Balcells, J. A. L. Aguerri +1
For bulges of spiral galaxies, the concentration, or Sersic index, increases with bulge luminosity and bulge-to-disk ratio B/D (Andredakis, Peletier, & Balcells 1995, MNRAS, 275, 8…