1995/09/13 by C. M. Baugh, Baugh, C. M.
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Scientific Research and Discoveries #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9509069
4 pages of uuencoded compressed PostScript; to appear in the proceedings of the 11th IAP meeting, "The interplay between massive star formation, the ISM and galaxy evolution"
arxiv created 1995/09/13 · openalex publication_date 1995/09/13 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We test the hypothesis that elliptical galaxies are formed by violent mergers in a universe with hierarchical structure formation. Within the framework of a semi-analytic scheme for galaxy formation, we predict the distribution of morphological types with redshift and compare the colours of elliptical galaxies in different environments.