Dwarf Galaxies and Star Clusters in Tidal Tails

2001/07/11 by Peter M. Weilbacher, Weilbacher, Peter M., Uta Fritze-von Alvensleben +3
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0107194

5 pages, to be published in "Extragalactic Star Clusters", eds. E.K. Grebel, D. Geisler, D. Minniti, IAU Symposium Series Vol. 207

arxiv created 2001/07/11 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

We summarize the properties of tidal dwarf candidates in a sample of interacting galaxies and classify objects in tidal tails depending on their morphological appearance. New high-resolution dynamical models are needed to understand how the different structures seen in tidal tails are formed.

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