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The Formation of Compact Elliptical Galaxies in The Vicinity of A Massive Galaxy: The Role of Ram-pressure Confinement
Abstract
Compact ellipticals (cEs) are outliers from the scaling relations of
early-type galaxies, particularly the mass-metallicity relation which is an
Authors
Du M; Debattista VP; Ho LC; Cote P; Spengler C; Erwin P; Wadsley JW; Norris MA; Earp SWF; Quinn TR
Publication date
November 16, 2018
DOI
10.48550/arxiv.1811.06778
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arXiv