Most submillimeter galaxies are major mergers

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 724, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 223-243

  Engel, H ^a   Tacconi, L J ^a   Davies, R I ^a   Neri, R ^b   Smail, I ^c   Chapman, S C ^d   Genzel, R ^a   Cox, P ^b   Greve, T R ^e   Ivison, R J ^f,g   Blain, A ^h   Bertoldi, F ⁱ   Omont, A ^j  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b IRAM   (France)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f UK ASTRONOMY TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^h CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^j INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

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Author keywords

Cosmology: observations; Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: formation; Galaxies: high redshift; Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650143889     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/724/1/233     Document Type: Article

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