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小合并的潮汐故事:小合并的潮汐碎片中的恒星形成

Tidal Tales of Minor Mergers: Star Formation in the Tidal Debris of Minor Mergers

Karen A. Knierman

摘要:

小星系合并的潮汐碎片如何影响螺旋星系或星系际介质的结构?虽然大合并已知会在潮汐碎片中产生潮汐矮星系和星团等结构,但对小合并(矮星系和盘星系之间的质量比小于三分之一)及其潮汐碎片知之甚少。这项工作调查6附近的小合并使用光学宽带和H-α窄带成像,以表征恒星形成的潮汐碎片。在6次合并中均发现了年龄小于潮汐尾动力学年龄的年轻星团,表明星团是就地形成的。即使较小的合并贡献较少的潮汐碎片的每一个相互作用比大合并,他们更常见,并可能有助于结构的所有类型的星系和星系际介质在整个宇宙的历史。

英文摘要:

How does the tidal debris of minor galaxy mergers contribute to structures in spiral galaxies or in the intergalactic medium? While major mergers are known to create structures such as tidal dwarf galaxies and star clusters within their tidal debris, less is known about minor mergers (mass ratios between a dwarf galaxy and disk galaxy of less than one-third) and their tidal debris. This work surveys 6 nearby minor mergers using optical broad-band and H-alpha narrow-band imaging to characterize star formation in their tidal debris. Young star clusters with ages less than the dynamical age of the tidal tails are found in all 6 mergers, indicating that the star clusters formed in situ. Even if minor mergers contribute less tidal debris per interaction than major mergers, they are more common and possibly contribute structure to all types of galaxies and to the intergalactic medium throughout the history of the universe.

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