Probing the Environment with Galaxy Dynamics

2006/05/02 by Aaron J. Romanowsky
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Dynamics (music) #Elliptical galaxy #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Galaxy #Galaxy formation and evolution #Halo #Physics #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/978-3-540-71173-5_62

5 pages, 2 figs, to appear in Proc. ESO Workshop, Groups of Galaxies in the Nearby Universe (5-9 Dec 2005), eds. I. Saviane, V. Ivanov & J. Borissova (Springer-Verlag)

arxiv created 2006/05/02 · openalex publication_date 2007/01/01 · arxiv updated 2015/06/24 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

I present various projects to study the halo dynamics of elliptical galaxies. This allows one to study the outer mass and orbital distributions of ellipticals in different environments, and the inner distributions of groups and clusters themselves.

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