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Las Campanas Compact Groups: Star formation properties

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Sahar S. Allam
Sahar S. Allam*
Affiliation:
National Research Institute for Astronomy& Geophysics, Helwan, Cairo, Egypt; shr@frcu.eun.eg, sallam@fnal.gov

Abstract

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Using the equivalent width (EW) of [O II]λ3727, I analyse the star formation properties of Las Campanas Redshift Survey galaxies in different environments. The star formation activity in compact groups is found to be depressed relative to that in loose groups and the field.

Type
Part 4. Stellar Populations and Ages
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 174: Small Galaxy Groups , 2000 , pp. 355 - 359
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2000

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