Do dwarf galaxies form in tidal tails?

Details Do dwarf galaxies form in tidal tails? Do dwarf galaxies form in tidal tails?

2005-10-31

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0510821v3

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.375:805-820,2007

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

18 pages, 16 figures, revised version, MNRAS accepted

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.11360.x

The formation of tidal dwarf galaxies (TDG) inside tidal arms of interacting disk galaxies has been studied with N-body and N-body/SPH simulations at different resolutions. In pure N-body simulations no bound objects are formed at high resolution. At low resolution bound objects can form in tidal tails in agreement with previous work. We conclude that tidal dwarf galaxies are not likely to form by pure collisionless collapse in tidal tails. However, the presence of a sufficiently massive and extended gas component in the progenitor disk supports the formation of bound stellar objects in the tidal arms. Our results clearly favor a dissipation supported scenario in which the formation of TDGs is induced by the local collapse of gas which then triggers the collapse of the stellar component.

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