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Table 3.

Characteristic minimum time periods for dynamical relaxation of the remnants.

Models Rmax [kpc] Mdyn [2.25 × 109M] Torb [Gyr] Trelax,min [Gyr]
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Major mergers
gE0+gSa 15.8 204.0 0.11 0.44
gE0+gSb 21.6 204.0 0.12 0.48
gE0+gSd 14.8 207.5 0.06 0.24
gSa+gSa 22.5 208.0 0.16 0.64
gSa+gSb 26.4 208.0 0.14 0.56
gSa+gSd 27.2 211.5 0.16 0.64
gSb+gSb 22.8 208.0 0.07 0.28
gSb+gSd 26.5 211.5 0.10 0.40
gSd+gSd 22.4 215.0 0.12 0.48
Minor mergers
gS0+dE0 18.8 110.0 0.24 0.48
gS0+dS0 18.8 110.0 0.24 0.48
gS0+dSa 16.8 110.4 0.21 0.42
gS0+dSb 17.2 110.4 0.21 0.42
gS0+dSd 15.6 110.75 0.18 0.36

Notes. Columns: (1) family of merger models using this combination of morphological types of the progenitors. (2) Maximum value of the external radii of the remnants resulting from this family of models, visually determined from the mock K-band images of the stellar remnants. (3) Total dynamical mass of the remnants resulting from the merger of these progenitor types (dark matter + old stars + hybrid material), in simulation units (equal to 2.25 × 109M). (4) Characteristic orbital time period of a particle at R = Rmax in these remnants. (5) Minimum relaxing time period required for the remnants of this family of mergers to be considered in dynamical equilibrium (see Sect. 3.3).

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