Probing the evolution of the galaxy interaction/merger rate using collisional ring galaxies

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 612, Issue 2 I, 2004, Pages 679-689

  Lavery, Russell J ^a   Remijan, Anthony ^b,d   Charmandaris, Vassilis ^c,e   Hayes, Richard D ^a   Ring, Amy A ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Galaxies: evolution galaxies: formation; Galaxies: High redshift galaxies: Interactions; Galaxies: peculiar; Galaxies: statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 7544229715     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/422420     Document Type: Article

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