no code implementations • 25 Jun 2020 • Teymoor Saifollahi, Ignacio Trujillo, Michael A. Beasley, Reynier F. Peletier, Johan H. Knapen
We conclude that the number of GCs around DF44 is as expected for regular dwarf galaxies of similar stellar mass and DF44 is not extraordinary in this respect.
Astrophysics of Galaxies
no code implementations • 29 Jan 2019 • Sébastien Comerón, Heikki Salo, Johan H. Knapen, Reynier F. Peletier
Literature numerical studies of dynamical friction allow us to estimate that at the current cosmic time about one in six mergers for which the stars of the accreted galaxy ended in a thick disc were retrograde.
Astrophysics of Galaxies