Evolution along the sequence of S0 Hubble types induced by dry minor mergers. II - Bulge-disk coupling in the photometric relations through merger-induced internal secular evolution

M. Carmen Eliche-Moral, A. Cesar Gonzalez-Garcia, J. Alfonso L. Aguerri +4

Galaxy mergers are considered as questionable mechanisms for the evolution of lenticular galaxies (S0's), on the basis that even minor ones induce structural changes that are diffi…