Self-Consistent Evolution of Ring Galaxies
Astrophysics
2009-10-28 v1
Abstract
Ring galaxies are commonly known as objects where a burst of star formation was triggered by a close encounter with an intruder, maybe a satellite galaxy. BVRI CCD observations of five ring galaxies have been performed. Here we present the results of a self-consistent approach to reproduce their observed morphology and spectral energy distribution using updated --body simulations and evolutionary population synthesis models extending from UV to far--IR wavelengths. Some suggestions about the evolutionary properties of these starburst galaxies are then derived.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9506109,
title = {Self-Consistent Evolution of Ring Galaxies},
author = {Paola Mazzei and Anna and Curir and Carlotta Bonoli},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9506109},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
MNRAS accepted; latex file, 20 pages, 3 tables and 11 figures available upon request