The “Building Blocks” of Stellar Halos
The stellar halos of galaxies encode their accretion histories. In particular, the median metallicity of a halo is determined primarily by the mass of the most massive accreted object. We use hydrodynamical cosmological simulations from the apostle project to study the connection between the stellar...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2017-08-01
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| Series: | Galaxies |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4434/5/3/33 |