Observations and modeling of a clumpy galaxy at z = 1.6* Spectroscopic clues to the origin and evolution of chain galaxies

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 486, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 741-753

  Bournaud, F ^a,b   Daddi, E ^a,b   Elmegreen, B G ^c   Elmegreen, D M ^d   Nesvadba, N ^e   Vanzella, E ^g   Di Matteo, P ^e,f   Le Tiran, L ^e   Lehnert, M ^e   Elbaz, D ^a,b  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^c IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^e OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^f OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^g INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: formation; Galaxies: interactions; Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; CHAINS; KINEMATICS; MERGING; MORPHOLOGY; STARS;

GALAXIES: EVOLUTIONS; GALAXIES: FORMATION; GALAXIES: INTERACTIONS; GALAXIES: KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS; INTEGRAL FIELD SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL OBSERVATIONS; PHOTOMETRIC PROPERTIES; STAR FORMATION RATES;

GALAXIES;

EID: 47749102857     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20079250     Document Type: Article

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