Galaxy Disruption in a Halo of Dark Matter

Bibcode
2003Sci...301.1217F
DOI
10.1126/science.1089237
Forbes, Duncan A.; Beasley, Michael A.; Bekki, Kenji; Brodie, Jean P.; Strader, Jay
Referencia bibliográfica

Science, Volume 301, Issue 5637, pp. 1217-1219 (2003).

Fecha de publicación:
8
2003
Revista
Science
Número de autores
5
Número de autores del IAC
0
Número de citas
35
Número de citas referidas
32
Descripción
The relics of disrupted satellite galaxies have been found around the Milky Way and Andromeda, but direct evidence of a satellite galaxy in the early stages of disruption has remained elusive. We have discovered a dwarf satellite galaxy in the process of being torn apart by gravitational tidal forces as it merges with a larger galaxy's dark matter halo. Our results illustrate the morphological transformation of dwarf galaxies by tidal interaction and the continued buildup of galaxy halos.
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