From Globular Clusters to Tidal Dwarfs: Structure Formation in Tidal Tails
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
Star clusters can be found in galaxy mergers, not only in central regions, but also in the tidal debris. In both the Eastern and Western tidal tails of NGC 3256 there are dozens of young star clusters, confirmed by their blue colors and larger concentration index as compared to sources off of the tail. Tidal tails of other galaxy pairs do not have such widespread cluster formation, indicating environmental influences on the process of star formation or the packaging of the stars.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0009196,
title = {From Globular Clusters to Tidal Dwarfs: Structure Formation in Tidal Tails},
author = {Jane Charlton and Karen Knierman and Sally Hunsberger and Sarah Gallagher and Bradley Whitmore and Arunav Kundu and John Hibbard},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0009196},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
4 pages, 3 figures, summary of poster presentation for "Celebrating 10 Years of HST" Symposium, May 2000