Magnetic field evolution in interacting galaxies

2011/07/16 by Robert T. Drzazga, R. T. Drzazga, K. T. Chyży +5 · 60 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Active galactic nucleus #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Cosmic ray #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Galaxy #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Intergalactic travel #Luminous infrared galaxy #Magnetic field #Physics #Radio galaxy #Redshift #Star formation #Supernova #astro-ph.CO

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201016092

published in Astronomy and Astrophysics 533, A22 (EDP Sciences) · 17 pages, 16 figures, 5 tables. Published in Astronomy and Astrophysics, minor changes to v1

openalex publication_date 2011/07/16 · arxiv created 2011/09/22 · arxiv updated 2011/09/23 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Aims. Violent gravitational interactions can change the morphologies of galaxies and, by means of merging, transform them into elliptical galaxies. We aim to investigate how they affect the evolution of galactic magnetic fields.

Citations

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• NGC 3256: Kinematic Anatomy of a Merger
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• Astrophysical magnetic fields and nonlinear dynamo theory
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• The isolated interacting galaxy pair NGC 5426/27 (Arp 271)
• Galaxy collisions

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