The Effect of Tidal Stripping on Composite Stellar Populations in Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies

We use N-body simulations to study the effects of tides on the kinematical structure of satellite galaxies orbiting a Milky Way-like potential. Here we focus on the evolution of a spherical, dark matter dominated satellite, which is modelled with two stellar components set ab initio to be spatially...

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Main Authors: Laura V. Sales, Amina Helmi, Giuseppina Battaglia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Advances in Astronomy
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/194345