The physics of interacting galaxies

This thesis investigates interacting galaxies using two complementary approaches: a statistical study of star formation in a large sample of close pairs of galaxies drawn from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and a study of the ISM and star forming properties of a small sample of interacting pair...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cullen, H. E.
Published: University of Cambridge 2005
Subjects:
520
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.598207