Flyby Galaxy Encounters with Multiple Black Holes Produce Star-forming Linear Features

We look for simulated star-forming linear features such as the one recently discovered by van Dokkum et al. in the cosmological hydrodynamical simulation ASTRID . Among the runaway black holes in ASTRID , none are able to produce clear star-forming wakes. Meanwhile, flyby encounters, typically invol...

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Main Authors: Nianyi Chen, Patrick LaChance, Yueying Ni, Tiziana Di Matteo, Rupert Croft, Priyamvada Natarajan, Simeon Bird
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aced45