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Energy-angular momentum space. Top three rows: Energy-angular momentum relation for all stars (first row), in situ stars (main progenitor, second row), and accreted stars (third row) at z = 0. To focus on the stellar halo, only stars with |z|> 1 kpc (away from the disc mid-plane) were selected. The corresponding stellar mass is shown in the bottom right of each panel. Bottom five rows: Lz − E relation for the five most significant mergers at z = 0 (M1,...,M5; see Fig. 4 in Paper I). The merger accretion lookback time (Gyr), total stellar mass of the merger debris at the time of the merger (log10(M*/M)), and the stellar mass ratio (μ*) relative to the main M31/MW progenitor at the time of the merger are given in the bottom left corner of each panel with individual mergers debris. All colour bars represent stellar density, in units of M. The in situ stars, being kicked out from the plane, show some net rotation with some overdensities and features similar to those of the accreted stars. The latter contain a number of overdensities, which are the relics of the different merger events. Some individual merger remnants are represented by a number of features and overdensities.

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