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| Paper: |
Neutral Hydrogen in Mergers and Merger Remnants |
| Volume: |
240, Gas and Galaxy Evolution: A Conference in Honor of the 20th Anniversary of the VLA |
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147 |
| Authors: |
Schiminovich, D. |
| Abstract: |
Beginning with the first HI map of the Antennae (van der Hulst 1979), HI images and kinematics of galaxies with extended stellar tails have provided strong support for the Toomre & Toomre (1972) model of tidal feature formation during the merger of two galaxy disks. I will discuss recent HI studies of mergers and merger remnants which, in combination with increasingly realistic simulations, are being used to refine our understanding of the history of interactions, tidally-induced star formation and gaseous evolution in the local universe. |
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