Abstract
- [*] Nuclear Brightness Profiles of Merger Remnants:
Constraints on the Formation of Ellipticals by Mergers
- van der Marel R.P., Zurek D.
- in `Dynamics of Galaxies: from the Early Universe to the Present',
Combes F., Mamon G. A., Charmandaris V., eds.,
ASP Conference Series, Vol. 197, 323-326, 2000
- © 2000. Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
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We present preliminary results of an HST/NICMOS program to image
merger remnants in the J, H and K bands. The nuclear brightness
profiles for most sample galaxies are similar to those typical for
elliptical galaxies, but some (including the well-studied NGC 3921 and
7252) have an unusually high luminosity density at small radii. This
is consistent with the prediction of N-body simulations that gas flows
to the center during a merger and forms new stars.
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