Articles with "relic galaxies" as a keyword



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Two new confirmed massive relic galaxies: red nuggets in the present-day Universe

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Published in 2017 at "Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society"

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx171

Abstract: We confirm two new local massive relic galaxies, i.e. untouched survivors of the early universe massive population: Mrk1216 and PGC032873. Both show early and peaked formation events within very short timescales ( 2 massive population,… read more here.

Keywords: two new; red nuggets; new confirmed; relic galaxies ... See more keywords
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Digging for red nuggets: discovery of hot haloes surrounding massive, compact, relic galaxies

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Published in 2018 at "Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society"

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/sty862

Abstract: We present the results of Chandra X-ray observations of the isolated, massive, compact, relic galaxies MRK 1216 and PGC 032873. Compact massive galaxies observed at z > 2, also called red nuggets, formed in quick… read more here.

Keywords: compact relic; red nuggets; hot haloes; relic galaxies ... See more keywords