Gas flows in galaxy mergers: supersonic turbulence in bridges, accretion from the circumgalactic medium, and metallicity dilution

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>In major galaxy mergers, the orbits of stars are violently perturbed, and gas is torqued to the centre, diluting the gas metallicity and igniting a starburst. In this paper, we study the gas dynamics in and around merging ga...

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Main Authors: Sparre, Martin, Whittingham, Joseph, Damle, Mitali, Hani, Maan H, Richter, Philipp, Ellison, Sara L, Pfrommer, Christoph, Vogelsberger, Mark
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2022
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/142397