Chemodynamical evolution of elliptical galaxies : Metallicity gradients and scaling relations
Kobayashi, C.
(2004)
Chemodynamical evolution of elliptical galaxies : Metallicity gradients and scaling relations.
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia (2).
pp. 183-187.
ISSN 1323-3580
We simulate the chemodynamical evolution of a hundred elliptical galaxies using our GRAPE-SPH code, and succeed in reproducing the radial metallicity gradients and the global scaling relations such as the fundamental plane. These observations cannot be explained by either monolithic collapse or by major merger alone. Rather it requires a model in which both formation processes arise, such as the present CDM scheme.
Item Type | Article |
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Keywords | methods : N-body simulations; galaxies : abundances; galaxies : elliptical and lenticular, cD; galaxies : evolution; galaxies : formation |
Date Deposited | 29 May 2025 09:00 |
Last Modified | 29 May 2025 09:00 |