Gas flow and star formation in the "Antennae" galaxies

The prominent interacting galaxy pair NGC4038/9 contains many active star-forming regions and is continuously forming new star clusters. We present a self-consistent N-body model for this system which includes an SPH gas component. The model qualitatively explains tile apparent concentration of gas...

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Main Authors: Englmaier, P, Rigopoulou, D, Mengel, S
Format: Conference item
Published: 2001