How ubiquitous are massive starbursts in interacting galaxies?
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
2009-09-30 v1
Abstract
Many evidences exist for a connection between galaxy interactions and induced star formation. However, a large range of responses of galaxies to tidal interactions is found, both in observations and in numerical simulations. We will discuss some recent results obtained analysing a large sample (~ 1000) of simulations of interacting pairs and their agreement with the most recent observational works.
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@article{arxiv.0909.5192,
title = {How ubiquitous are massive starbursts in interacting galaxies?},
author = {P. Di Matteo and F. Bournaud and M. Martig and F. Combes and A. -L. Melchior and B. Semelin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.5192},
year = {2009}
}
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4 pages, Proceedings of the conference "Galaxies in isolation: exploring Nature vs Nurture" (May 2009, Granada, Spain)