Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2002-02-07
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 333 (2002) 327
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
17 pages, 6 postscript figures. Accepted MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05385.x
We use cosmological SPH simulations to study the effects of mergers in the star formation history of galactic objects in hierarchical clustering scenarios. We find that during some merger events, gaseous discs can experience two starbursts: the first one during the orbital decay phase, due to gas inflows driven as the satellite approaches, and the second one, when the two baryonic clumps collide. A trend for these first induced starbursts to be more efficient at transforming the gas into stars is also found. We detect that systems which do not experience early gas inflows have well-formed stellar bulges and more concentrated potential wells, which seem to be responsible for preventing further gas inward transport triggered by tidal forces. Our results constitute the first proof that bulges can form as the product of collapse, collisions and secular evolution in a cosmological framework, and they are consistent with a rejuvenation of the stellar population in bulges at intermediate z with, at least, 50% of the stars (in SCDM) being formed at high z. (Abridged)
Domínguez-Tenreiro Rosa
Saiz Alejandro
Scannapieco Cecilia
Tissera Patricia Beatriz
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