期刊
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 543, 期 1, 页码 149-152出版社
UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
DOI: 10.1086/317109
关键词
galaxies : formation; galaxies : interactions; galaxies : structure
Growing evidence is being accumulated that some gas-rich dwarf galaxies are formed from material liberated by galaxy collisions and/or mergers. Also, gas-poor dwarf elliptical galaxies are often found in the central regions of clusters of galaxies. These observations suggest strongly that the formation of most dwarf galaxies is linked to galaxy interactions. Therefore, now seems like the right time to investigate the formation efficiency of such tidal dwarf galaxies. Adopting the galaxy interaction scenario proposed by Silk & Norman, we find that if only a few dwarf galaxies are formed in each galaxy collision, we are able to explain the observed morphology-density relations for both dwarf and giant galaxies in the held, groups of galaxies, and clusters of galaxies. It seems worthwhile noting that tidal dwarf formation may be coupled with the transformation from gas-rich disk galaxies to early-type galaxies such as S0 and elliptical galaxies.
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