Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 2005
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005aas...207.6411s&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society Meeting 207, #64.11; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 37, p.1258
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
We present GALEX FUV (1530A) and NUV (2310) and VLA HI spectral line observations of the interacting/merging systems Mk 348, NGC 7252, VV 114, and NGC 4038/9. All systems exhibit extended low surface brightness UV emission outside of their main bodies, in extended gaseous disks or tidal features. We find a good correlation between the HI surface density and UV surface brightness, with FUV emission consistently present when the gas surface density exceeds 2 Mo/pc2. This supports the idea of a star formation threshold surface density for extra-disk star formation.
This project was made possible by support from the National Science Foundation and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Columbia Collaboration U.
Hibbard John Eugene
NRAO Collaboration
Sandell J. S.
Schminovich David
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