Galaxy Mergers from the Largest to the Smallest Scales : Introduction and Overview

Author:: Centrella, Joan
Published:: June 10, 2012.
Physical Description:: 1 electronic document

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Galaxy mergers encompass a wide range of astrophysical phenomena, including cosmological considerations, gas and stellar dynamics, AGN evolution, and mergers of the central SMBHs. Astrophysical signatures of galaxy mergers can be observed across most of the electromagnetic spectrum and through gravitational radiation. This talk provides an introduction and overview of the meeting, highlighting the key aspects of galaxy mergers from large to small scales.

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Document ID: 20120009716.
GSFC.ABS.00397.2012.
220th Meeting of the Astronomical Society; 10-14 June 2012; Anchorage, AK; United States.

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