ISOLATED EARLY-TYPE GALAXIES AND THE USE OF X-RAY DIAGNOSTICS TO DETERMINE THE EVOLUTION HISTORY OF MERGING AND MERGED SYSTEMS

The dissertation presented details the search for isolated early-type galaxies (IEG). A strict set of isolation criteria were employed, requiring the candidate galaxy to be separated from nearest neighbors of M < 16.5 by a distance of 2.5 Mpc and a redshift-space separation of 350 km/s. Such extr...

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Main Author: Fuse, Christopher Robert
Other Authors: Pamela M Marcum
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Texas Christian University 2008
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Online Access:http://etd.tcu.edu/etdfiles/available/etd-12192008-111832/