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Compact elliptical (cE) galaxies remain an elusively difficult galaxy class to study. Recent observations have suggested that isolated and host-associated cEs have different formation pathways, while simulation studies have also shown different pathways can lead to a cE galaxy. However a solid link...
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ftdatacite:10.48550/arxiv.2308.00305 2023-10-01T03:59:16+02:00 The formation pathways of compact elliptical galaxies ... Deeley, Simon Drinkwater, Michael Sweet, Sarah Bekki, Kenji Couch, Warrick Forbes, Duncan 2023 https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2308.00305 https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.00305 unknown arXiv https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad2313 arXiv.org perpetual, non-exclusive license http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/ Astrophysics of Galaxies astro-ph.GA FOS Physical sciences ScholarlyArticle Article article-journal Text 2023 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2308.0030510.1093/mnras/stad2313 2023-09-04T13:56:02Z Compact elliptical (cE) galaxies remain an elusively difficult galaxy class to study. Recent observations have suggested that isolated and host-associated cEs have different formation pathways, while simulation studies have also shown different pathways can lead to a cE galaxy. However a solid link has not been established, and the relative contributions of each pathway in a cosmological context remains unknown. Here we combine a spatially-resolved observational sample of cEs taken from the SAMI galaxy survey with a matched sample of galaxies within the IllustrisTNG cosmological simulation to establish an overall picture of how these galaxies form. The observed cEs located near a host galaxy appear redder, smaller and older than isolated cEs, supporting previous evidence for multiple formation pathways. Tracing the simulated cEs back through time, we find two main formation pathways; 32 $\pm$ 5 percent formed via the stripping of a spiral galaxy by a larger host galaxy, while 68 $\pm$ 4 percent formed ... : 18 pages, 15 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS. Corrected Table 1 ... Text sami DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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Compact elliptical (cE) galaxies remain an elusively difficult galaxy class to study. Recent observations have suggested that isolated and host-associated cEs have different formation pathways, while simulation studies have also shown different pathways can lead to a cE galaxy. However a solid link has not been established, and the relative contributions of each pathway in a cosmological context remains unknown. Here we combine a spatially-resolved observational sample of cEs taken from the SAMI galaxy survey with a matched sample of galaxies within the IllustrisTNG cosmological simulation to establish an overall picture of how these galaxies form. The observed cEs located near a host galaxy appear redder, smaller and older than isolated cEs, supporting previous evidence for multiple formation pathways. Tracing the simulated cEs back through time, we find two main formation pathways; 32 $\pm$ 5 percent formed via the stripping of a spiral galaxy by a larger host galaxy, while 68 $\pm$ 4 percent formed ... : 18 pages, 15 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS. Corrected Table 1 ... |
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