Case Studies of Mass Transfer and Star Formation in Galaxy Collisions

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2003-10-20

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0310581v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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6 pgs., 2 figs., for Proceedings of IAU 217, Recycling intergalactic and interstellar matter, eds. P.-A. Duc, J. Brane, and E.

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The amount, timing and ultimate location of mass transfer and induced star formation in galaxy collisions are sensitive functions of orbital and galaxy structural parameters. I discuss the role of detailed case studies and describe the results for two systems, Arp 284 and NGC 2207/IC 2163, that have been studied with both multiwaveband observations, and detailed dynamical models. The models yield the mass transfer and compressional histories of the encounters and the ``probable causes'' or triggers of individual star-forming regions.

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