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Compact elliptical galaxies – compact bulges of stripped lenticulars/spirals?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2007

Igor Chilingarian
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Paris, LERMA, UMR 8112, 61 Av. de l'Observatoire, Paris, 75014, France email: Igor.Chilingarian@obspm.fr Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow State University, 13 Universitetski prospect, 119992, Moscow, Russia
Veronique Cayatte
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Paris, LUTH, UMR 8102, 5 pl. Jules Janssen, Meudon, 92195, France
Laurent Chemin
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Paris, GEPI, UMR 8111, 5 pl. Jules Janssen, Meudon, 92195, France
Florence Durret
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Paris, LERMA, UMR 8112, 61 Av. de l'Observatoire, Paris, 75014, France email: Igor.Chilingarian@obspm.fr Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, CNRS, UMR 7095, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 98bis Bd Arago, Paris, 75014, France
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Abstract

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We present discovery of compact elliptical galaxies in the centres of clusters and briefly discuss their evolution.

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Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2008

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