The properties of fossil groups of galax
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P. Eigenthaler; W.W. Zeilinger
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Article
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2009
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Numerical simulations as well as optical and X‐ray observations over the last few years have shown that poor groups of galaxies can evolve to what is called a fossil group. Dynamical friction as the driving process leads to the coalescence of individual galaxies in ordinary poor groups