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Title:
Structure of merger remnants. II - Progenitors with rotating bulges
Authors:
Hernquist, Lars
Affiliation:
AA(California Univ., Santa Cruz)
Publication:
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 409, no. 2, p. 548-562. (ApJ Homepage)
Publication Date:
06/1993
Category:
Astrophysics
Origin:
STI
NASA/STI Keywords:
GALACTIC BULGE, GALACTIC EVOLUTION, GALACTIC ROTATION, GALACTIC STRUCTURE, INTERACTING GALAXIES, ASTRONOMICAL MODELS, ELLIPTICAL GALAXIES, GALACTIC HALOS
DOI:
10.1086/172686
Bibliographic Code:
1993ApJ...409..548H

Abstract

Mergers of identical galaxies consisting of self-gravitating disks, bulges, and halos are examined in the context of the suggestion that such events may form elliptical galaxies. Unlike earlier studies, the simulations reported here include effects arising from intrinsic spin of bulges. It is found that the disks and bulges are able to redistribute their angular momentum so that the luminous remnants rotate slowly near their centers. In addition, if the bulges are sufficiently concentrated, the core radii of the remnants are significantly reduced relative to those of end-states formed in mergers between pure stellar disks to the extent that the remnants share structural properties with observed elliptical galaxies. Nevertheless, it does appear that stellar-dynamical mergers between spiral progenitors will represent a viable mechanism for the production of massive elliptical galaxies only if sufficient mass resides already in dense, spheroidal components. These results suggest that any ellipticals formed in this manner having featureless light profiles were victims of a 'disk-bulge conspiracy' analogous to the disk-halo conspiracy thought to give rise to smooth rotation curves in spiral galaxies. Possible observational signatures of mergers are discussed, along with implications of the findings for our understanding of galaxy formation and evolution.

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