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EAS Publications Series
Volume 48, 2011
CRAL-2010 A Universe of Dwarf Galaxies
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| Page(s) | 171 - 180 | |
| Section | Dwarf Ellipticals | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/eas/1148040 | |
| Published online | 11 July 2011 | |
A Universe of Dwarf Galaxies
M. Koleva, Ph. Prugniel and I. Vauglin (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 48 (2011) 171–180
M. Koleva, Ph. Prugniel and I. Vauglin (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 48 (2011) 171–180
Early-Type Dwarf Galaxies
Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, Mönchhofstraße 12-14, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
e-mail: TL@x-astro.net
Early-type dwarf (dE) galaxies exhibit a puzzling variety of observable properties. Are they at all a single class of objects? Could some of them be “primordial” galaxies, while others were created by environmental processes? Here I provide a brief overview of early-type dwarfs, focusing on galaxy clusters, where dEs are the dominant galaxy population by number.
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