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arXiv:astro-ph/0011131 (astro-ph)
[Submitted on 6 Nov 2000]

Title:The Development of Gas/Star Offsets in Tidal Tails

Authors:Chris Mihos (Case Western Reserve University)
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Abstract: We present models of interacting galaxies in order to study the development of spatial offsets between the gaseous and stellar components in tidal tails. Observationally, such offsets are observed to exist over large scales (e.g., NGC 3690; Hibbard et al. 2000), suggesting an interaction between the tidal gas and some (unseen) hot ISM. Instead, our models show these offsets are a natural consequence of the radially extended HI spatial distribution in disk galaxies, coupled with internal dissipation in the gaseous component driven by the interaction. This mechanism is most effective in systems involved in very prograde interactions, and explains the observed gas/star offsets in interacting galaxies without invoking interactions with a hot ISM, starburst ionization, or dust obscuration within the tails.
Comments: 10 pages, 4 B&W figures, 2 color figures. Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal
Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
Cite as: arXiv:astro-ph/0011131
  (or arXiv:astro-ph/0011131v1 for this version)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0011131

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From: Chris Mihos [view email]
[v1] Mon, 6 Nov 2000 21:42:07 UTC (483 KB)
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