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Triggering Star Formation by Galaxy-Galaxy Interactions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 May 2016
Abstract
We analyzed the effects of having a close companion on the star formation activity of galaxies in the 8K galaxy pair catalog selected from the 2dFGRS. We found that, statistically, galaxies with rp < 25h−1 kpc and ΔV < 100km s−1 have enhanced star formation with respect to isolated galaxies with the same luminosity and redshift distribution. Our results suggest that the physical processes at work during tidal interactions can overcome the effects of environment, except in dense regions.
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- Part 3. Ejection and Outflow
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- Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 217: Recycling Intergalactic and Interslettar Matter , 2004 , pp. 434 - 435
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- Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2004