Incorporating Morphological Types into Semi-analytic Schemes for Galaxy Formation
Abstract
Description
We test the hypothesis that elliptical galaxies are formed by violent mergers in a universe with hierarchical structure formation. Within the framework of a semi-analytic scheme for galaxy formation, we predict the distribution of morphological types with redshift and compare the colours of elliptical galaxies in different environments.
4 pages of uuencoded compressed PostScript; to appear in the proceedings of the 11th IAP meeting, "The interplay between massive star formation, the ISM and galaxy evolution"
4 pages of uuencoded compressed PostScript; to appear in the proceedings of the 11th IAP meeting, "The interplay between massive star formation, the ISM and galaxy evolution"