Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
The role of major mergers in the size growth of intermediate-mass spheroids |
| Authors: |
Kaviraj, S., Huertas-Company, M., Cohen, S., Peirani, S., Windhorst, R. A., O'Connell, R. W., Silk, J., Dopita, M. A., Hathi, N. P., Koekemoer, A. M., Mei, S., Rutkowski, M., Ryan, R. E., Shankar, F. |
| Publication Year: |
2014 |
| Collection: |
Astrophysics |
| Subject Terms: |
Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies |
| More Details: |
We study of the role of major mergers (mass ratios >1:4) in driving size growth in high-redshift (1 10^10.7 MSun SGs at z<1, then major mergers are also likely to play an important role in the size growth of at least some massive SGs in this mass range.
Comment: MNRAS in press |
| Document Type: |
Working Paper |
| DOI: |
10.1093/mnras/stu1220 |
| Access URL: |
http://arxiv.org/abs/1407.8185 |
| Accession Number: |
edsarx.1407.8185 |
| Database: |
arXiv |
