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On the Nature of Red Galaxies in the Early Universe

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1999

Authors

Francis, Paul
Woodgate, Bruce E.
Danks, Anthony C.

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Springer Verlag

Abstract

Increasing numbers of extremely red galaxies are being found in the high redshift universe. We present accurate near-IR photometry and NICMOS imaging for one of these galaxies, and demonstrate that it is a merging pair of early type galaxies. The merger is triggering only very moderate rates of star formation: even after many such mergers, the dominant stellar population will be old. This suggests that hierarchical formation models for elliptical galaxies can work.

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/147588

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ANU Research Publications

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Conference paper

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Looking Deep in the Southern Sky, Proceedings of the ESO/Australia Workshop held at Sydney, Australia, 10-12 December 1997

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Open Access

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