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MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 385, Issue 1, Pages L39-L42Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3933.2008.00429.x
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galaxies : clusters : general; galaxies : evolution; galaxies : interactions; galaxies : starbursts
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Star formation in galaxies is for a part driven by galaxy mergers. At low redshift, star formation activity is low in high-density environments like groups and clusters, and the star formation activity of galaxies increases with their isolation. This star formation-density relation is observed to be reversed at z similar to 1, which is not explained by theoretical models so far. We study the influence of the tidal field of a galaxy group or cluster on the star formation activity of merging galaxies, using N-body simulations including gas dynamics and star formation. We find that the merger-driven star formation is significantly more active in the vicinity of such cosmological structures compared to mergers in the field. The large-scale tidal field can thus enhance the activity of galaxies in dense cosmic structures, and should be particularly efficient at high redshift before quenching processes take effect in the densest regions.
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