Star formation triggered by galaxy collisions
DOI: 10.1038/27597
Bibcode: 1998Natur.395..859G
Lutz, Dieter; Genzel, Reinhard; Tacconi, Linda
Germany
Abstract
It is becoming increasingly clear that collisions between galaxies play an important role in galaxy evolution. The ultraluminous infrared galaxies are predominantly powered by enormous star-formation events that are triggered in the last phases of such collisions. These bursts occur just before the galaxies merge to form single elliptical galaxies.
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Nature
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