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dry merger: a standalone construct

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dry merger1 CONSTRUCTDry mergerVAN DOKKUM · ASTROPHYSICS

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Astrophysics

a merger between gas-poor galaxies that adds stellar mass without new star formation, proposed to build massive elliptical galaxies.

In astrophysics, dry merger refers to a merger between gas-poor galaxies that adds stellar mass without new star formation, proposed to build massive elliptical galaxies. This meaning comes from van Dokkum (2005) in The Astronomical Journal.[1]

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References

  1. van Dokkum, P. G. (2005). The Recent and Continuing Assembly of Field Elliptical Galaxies by Red Mergers. The Astronomical Journal, 130(6), 2647-2665. https://doi.org/10.1086/497593

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