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MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 350, Issue 3, Pages 798-808Publisher
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07725.x
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galaxies : interactions; galaxies : kinematics and dynamics; galaxies : starburst; galaxies : structure
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Star formation plays an important role in the fate of interacting galaxies. To date, most galactic simulations including star formation have used a density-dependent star formation rule designed to approximate a Schmidt law. Here, I present a new star formation rule which is governed by the local rate of energy dissipation in shocks. The new and old rules are compared using self-consistent simulations of NGC 4676; shock-induced star formation provides a better match to the observations of this system.
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