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The origin of the light distribution in spiral galaxies (2009)
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Sanchez-Blazquez, P., Courty, S., Gibson, B. K., & Brook, C. B. (2009). The origin of the light distribution in spiral galaxies. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 398(2), 591-606. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15133.x

We analyse a high-resolution, fully cosmological, hydrodynamical disc galaxy simulation, to study the source of the double-exponential light profiles seen in many stellar discs, and the effects of stellar radial migration upon the spatiotemporal evol... Read More about The origin of the light distribution in spiral galaxies.