McNamarah, Claude Martin2008-12-162008-12-162008-12-16https://hdl.handle.net/2139/2811enPlease contact the West Indiana Division at the University of the West Indies,St.Augustine in order to view the full thesis. Contact: wimail@sta.uwi.eduGalaxies -- Formation -- ExperimentsAccretion (Astrophysics)Galactic nucleiElliptical galaxiesSimulation of accretion during galactic mergersThesis