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 galaxies using a s...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press (OUP),
2022-05-06T16:27:25Z.
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