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Structure and morphology of relic galaxies in the Local Universe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2021

Rodrigo F. Freitas
Affiliation:
Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Ana L. Chies-Santos
Affiliation:
Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Cristina Furlanetto
Affiliation:
Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Fabricio Ferrari
Affiliation:
Instituto de Matemática, Estatística e Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Brazil
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Abstract

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Red Nugget galaxies found at high-z have analogues in the Local Universe which are called relic galaxies. Because of their proximity to Earth, the relics allow a more detailed analysis of their properties and can help us understand the formation of massive early-type galaxies, since Red Nuggets could be their first phase of formation. The main goal of this work is to characterize the structure and morphology of candidates and confirmed relic galaxies in the Local Universe to further search for similar objects observationally and within cosmological simulations.

Type
Contributed Papers
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of International Astronomical Union

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