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| Paper: |
Sequenced Star Bursts in Colliding Galaxies |
| Volume: |
230, Galaxy Disks and Disk Galaxies |
| Page: |
505 |
| Authors: |
Lamb, S. A.; Hearn, N. C. |
| Abstract: |
Collisions of comparable mass galaxies have a significant effect upon the subsequent large-scale morphology and star formation rate in disk galaxies. Although such collisions are rare in the local universe, there are a few spectacular examples that provide nearby laboratories for studying phenomena that were once much more common. Collisions involving gas-rich disk galaxies can induce rapid and extensive star formation in regions of high gas density, produced where gas streams collide. Comparisons between multi-wavelength observations of such galaxies and appropriate 3-D numerical simulations of galaxy collisions can be used to demonstrate the sequencing of starbursts. |
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