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Satellite Accretion

Satellite Accretion is a theoretical framework in galaxy formation that describes the hierarchical integration of smaller satellite galaxies into larger host galaxy systems through gravitational interactions and orbital decay.

127

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14.7K

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366

Authors

241

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2017–2026

25

Variants

Satellite Galaxy Accretion

Parents

Publications

127

Where Are the Missing Galactic Satellites?

Anatoly Klypin, Andrey V. Kravtsov, O. Valenzuela et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 1999 · 2.8K citations · Full text

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Quantifying the Fragility of Galactic Disks in Minor Mergers

Ian R. Walker, J. Christopher Mihos, Lars Hernquist · The Astrophysical Journal · 1996 · 447 citations · Full text

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Formation of the Galilean Satellites: Conditions of Accretion

R. M. Canup, William R. Ward · The Astronomical Journal · 2002 · 422 citations · Full text

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The Origin of Angular Momentum in Dark Matter Halos

Maya Vitvitska, Anatoly Klypin, Andrey V. Kravtsov et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 2002 · 361 citations · Full text

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Cold Dark Matter Substructure and Galactic Disks. I. Morphological Signatures of Hierarchical Satellite Accretion

Stelios Kazantzidis, James S. Bullock, Andrew R. Zentner et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 2008 · 328 citations · Full text

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Authors

366

  1. JF
    Julio F. Navarro

    University of Victoria, Canada

    7 publications · 720 citations

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  2. JS
    James S. Bullock

    University of California, Irvine, United States

    6 publications · 1.1K citations

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  3. SK
    Stelios Kazantzidis

    University of Zurich, Switzerland

    5 publications · 822 citations

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  4. CS
    Carlos S. Frenk

    Durham University, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 362 citations

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  5. FA
    Facundo A. Gómez

    Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Germany

    5 publications · 396 citations

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Institutions

241

  1. University of California, Santa Cruz

    Santa Cruz, United States

    14 h-index

    28 publications

    3.1K citations

  2. Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam

    Potsdam, Germany

    12 h-index

    22 publications

    1.6K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    12 h-index

    29 publications

    2.4K citations

  4. Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics

    Garching, Germany

    11 h-index

    17 publications

    1.5K citations

  5. University of Victoria

    Victoria, Canada

    10 h-index

    16 publications

    1.9K citations

  6. Durham University

    Durham, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    19 publications

    1.5K citations

  7. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    14 publications

    2.2K citations

  8. Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias

    Tenerife, Spain

    8 h-index

    16 publications

    1.6K citations

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Venues

  1. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    60 publications · 5.9K citations

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  2. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 28 publications · 6.1K citations

    25

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    7 publications · 610 citations

    7

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  4. Icarus

    4 publications · 470 citations

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