The unusual tidal dwarf candidate in the merger system NGC 3227/3226: Star formation in a tidal shock?

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 614, Issue 2 I, 2004, Pages 648-657

  Mundell, Carole G ^a,e   James, Phil A ^a   Loiseau, Nora ^b   Schinnerer, Eva ^c,f   Forbes, Duncan A ^d  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b VILSPA XMM Newton Science Operations Centre   (Spain)

^c NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^d SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^e Royal Society University Research Fellow   (United Kingdom)

^f NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: dwarf; Galaxies: individual (NGC 3227); Galaxies: interactions; Galaxies: Seyfert

Indexed keywords

EID: 10044278248     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/423732     Document Type: Article

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