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The effect of galaxy interactions on star formation has been investigated using Data Release 1 of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Both the imaging and spectroscopy data products have been used to construct a catalogue of nearest…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 B. Nikolic , H. Cullen , P. Alexander

We study the connection between the observed star formation rate-stellar mass (SFR-$M_*$) relation and the evolution of the stellar mass function (SMF) by means of a Subhalo Abundance Matching technique coupled to merger trees extracted…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-03-08 E. Contini , X. Kang , A. D. Romeo , Q. Xia

We analyse the effects of galaxy interactions on star formation in groups and clusters of galaxies with virial masses in the range $10^{13} - 10 ^{15} M_{\odot}$. We find a trend for galaxy-galaxy interactions to be less efficient in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Sol Alonso , Patricia B. Tissera , Georgina Coldwell , Diego G. Lambas

We compare the SFR of single star-forming galaxies with the SFR of star-forming galaxies in pairs. Volume-limited samples are compared selected from the 2dFGRS, applying a maximum magnitude difference criterion. We show that SF galaxies in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 B. Kelm , P. Focardi

The evolution of galaxy merger rates and its impact on galaxy properties have been studied intensively over the last decade. It becomes clear now that various types of mergers, i.e. gas-rich (wet), gas-poor (dry), or mixed mergers, affect…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-17 Lihwai Lin

There are many proposed mechanisms driving the morphological transformation of disk galaxies to elliptical galaxies. In this paper, we determine if the observed transformation in low mass groups can be explained by the merger histories of…

The merging history of galaxies can be traced with studies of dynamically close pairs. These consist of a massive primary galaxy and a less massive secondary (or satellite) galaxy. The study of the stellar populations of secondary (lower…

How do galaxy properties (such as stellar mass, luminosity, star formation rate, and morphology) and their evolution depend on the mass of their host dark matter halo? Using the Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA) group catalogue, we address…

We study the global star-formation rate (SFR) vs. stellar mass (M$_*$) correlation, and the spatially-resolved SFR surface density ($\Sigma_{SFR}$) vs. stellar mass surface density (\Sm) correlation, in a sample of $\sim2,000$ galaxies from…

Galaxy-galaxy interactions and large scale galaxy bars are usually considered as the two main mechanisms for driving gas to the centres of galaxies. By using large samples of galaxy pairs and visually classified bars from the Sloan Digital…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Sara L. Ellison , David R. Patton , Preethi Nair , Luc Simard , J. Trevor Mendel , Alan W. McConnachie , Jillian M. Scudder

To understand star formation in galaxies, we investigate the star formation rate (SFR) surface density ($\Sigma_{\rm SFR}$) profiles for galaxies, based on a well-defined sample of 976 star-forming MaNGA galaxies. We find that the typical…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-06-12 Enci Wang , Simon J. Lilly , Gabriele Pezzulli , Jorryt Matthee

It has been proposed that mergers induce starbursts and lead to important morphological changes in galaxies. Most studies so far have focused on large galaxies, but dwarfs might also experience such events, since the halo mass function is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-02-17 Tjitske K. Starkenburg , Amina Helmi , Laura V. Sales

We measure the stellar mass-star formation rate relation in star-forming disk galaxies at z<0.085, using Galaxy~Zoo morphologies to examine different populations of spirals as classified by their kiloparsec-scale structure. We examine the…

It is now well known that certain massive galaxies undergo enormous enhancements in their SFR when they undergo major mergers(100x). To analyse the SF enhancement and AGN fraction evolution during the merger process, we use a more…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-10-30 Paula Calderón-Castillo , Rory Smith

The star formation rate (SFR) of galaxies can change due to interactions between galaxies, stellar feedback ejection of gas into the circumgalactic medium, and energy injection from accretion onto black holes. However, it is not clear which…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-11-07 Ian E. Wolter , Michelle A. Berg , John Chisholm

We investigate the bar fraction in galaxy pairs from the SDSS to assess how galaxy interactions affect bar structures. Compared to isolated galaxies, close pairs exhibit a significantly reduced bar fraction at projected separations within…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-02-17 Linlin Li , Shuai Feng , Shiyin Shen , Qi'an Deng , Ying Zu , Wenyuan Cui

We present a comprehensive investigation into the influence of stellar bars on star formation (SF) in galaxy pairs, using a large sample of low-redshift galaxies ($0.02$\,$<$\,z\,$<$\,$0.08$) from the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys DR8. Our…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-23 Woong-Bae G. Zee , Suk-Jin Yoon

Large galaxy surveys have demonstrated that galaxy-galaxy mergers can dramatically change the morphologies, star formation rates (SFRs) and metallicities of their constituents. However, most statistical studies have been limited to the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-10-17 Mallory D. Thorp , Sara L. Ellison , Luc Simard , Sebastian F. Sánchez , Braulio Antonio

In this study, we investigate how the merging process influences the radial variations of the specific Star Formation Rate (sSFR), Star Formation Efficiency (SFE), and molecular gas fraction (fmol ) in galaxies. We analyse 33 isolated…