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The Structure and Interaction History of Moderate Luminosity Mergers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2006

Susanne Hüttemeister  and
Eva Manthey
Susanne Hüttemeister
Affiliation:
Astronomisches Institut Ruhr–Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany email: huette@astro.rub.de
Eva Manthey
Affiliation:
ASTRON, NL–7880AA Dwingeloo, The Netherlands email: manthey@astron.nl
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Abstract

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Interaction and merging are the two most important driving forces of galaxy evolution. In contrast to the well studied major mergers of two large gas-rich disk galaxies, which may lead to Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies (ULIRGs, LFIR>1012 L⊙), mergers between galaxies of unequal mass or a spiral and an elliptical (S+E mergers) are still poorly understood. These moderate luminosity mergers typically have LFIR > 1011 L⊙. Here, we present the results of our multiwavelength study of a sample of such kind of mergers, including interferometric HI and single-dish CO observations, optical and near-infrared imaging as well as optical spectroscopy.

Keywords

galaxies: interactionsevolutionstarburst
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Symposium S235: Galaxy Evolution Across the Hubble Time , August 2006 , pp. 206
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2007

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