Hidden Imprints of Minor Merging in Early-Type Galaxies: Inner Polar Rings and Inclined Large-Scale Gaseous Disks In S0s
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Inner Polar Rings
2.1. How Do We Search for Inner Polar Disks
2.2. Properties and Incidence
2.3. Origin
3. Large-Scale Inclined Gaseous Disks in Lenticular Galaxies
4. Discussion: The Disk Galaxy Evolution Paths
4.1. Do Lenticulars form in Clusters?
4.2. Do Lenticulars form in Groups?
4.3. Our New Ideas
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sil’chenko, O. Hidden Imprints of Minor Merging in Early-Type Galaxies: Inner Polar Rings and Inclined Large-Scale Gaseous Disks In S0s. Galaxies 2016, 4, 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies4010001
Sil’chenko O. Hidden Imprints of Minor Merging in Early-Type Galaxies: Inner Polar Rings and Inclined Large-Scale Gaseous Disks In S0s. Galaxies. 2016; 4(1):1. https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies4010001
Chicago/Turabian StyleSil’chenko, Olga. 2016. "Hidden Imprints of Minor Merging in Early-Type Galaxies: Inner Polar Rings and Inclined Large-Scale Gaseous Disks In S0s" Galaxies 4, no. 1: 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies4010001