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Star formation in mergers and interacting galaxies: gathering the fuel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2006

Curtis Struck
Curtis Struck*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA email: curt@iastate.edu
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Abstract

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Selected results from recent studies of star formation in galaxies at different stages of interaction are reviewed. Recent results from the Spitzer Space Telescope are highlighted. Ideas on how large-scale driving of star formation in interacting galaxies might mesh with our understanding of star formation in isolated galaxies and small scale mechanisms within galaxies are considered. In particular, there is evidence that on small scales star formation is determined by the same thermal and turbulent processes in cool compressed clouds as in isolated galaxies. If so, this affirms the notion that the primary role of large-scale dynamics is to gather and compress the gas fuel. In gas-rich interactions this is generally done with increasing efficiency through the merger process.

Keywords

stars: formationgalaxies: interactinggalaxies: starburstgalaxies: individual (NGC 2207, Arp 82)
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Symposium S237: Triggered Star Formation in a Turbulent ISM , August 2006 , pp. 317 - 322
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2007

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