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A relic from a past merger event in the Large Magellanic Cloud

A relic from a past merger event in the Large Magellanic Cloud

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A relic from a past merger event in the Large Magellanic Cloud

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A relic from a past merger event in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Publisher

London: Nature Publishing Group UK

Journal title

Nature astronomy, 2021-12, Vol.5 (12), p.1247-1254

Language

English

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London: Nature Publishing Group UK

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Contents

According to the standard cosmological scenario, the large galaxies that we observe today have reached their current mass via mergers with smaller galaxy satellites
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. This hierarchical process is expected to take place on smaller scales for the satellites themselves, which should build up from the accretion of smaller building blocks
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A relic from a past merger event in the Large Magellanic Cloud

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2609525099

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2609525099

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ISSN

2397-3366

E-ISSN

2397-3366

DOI

10.1038/s41550-021-01493-y

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