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Fig. 3

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Upper panel: vertical stellar surface density profiles as function of radius and time (indicated by color; see lower panel) for a dissipationless minor merger. The radius is indicated by the 4 black labels. Lower panel: the distance between the centers of the satellite and the primary galaxy as function of time. Arrows mark the merger phases which correspond to profiles with the same color and line styles shown in the upper panel.

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