The growth of the central region by acquisition of counterrotating gas in star-forming galaxies.
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SUBMITTER: Chen YM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5075802 | biostudies-other | 2016 Oct
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The growth of the central region by acquisition of counterrotating gas in star-forming galaxies.
Chen Yan-Mei YM Shi Yong Y Tremonti Christy A CA Bershady Matt M Merrifield Michael M Emsellem Eric E Jin Yi-Fei YF Huang Song S Fu Hai H Wake David A DA Bundy Kevin K Stark David D Lin Lihwai L Argudo-Fernandez Maria M Bergmann Thaisa Storchi TS Bizyaev Dmitry D Brownstein Joel J Bureau Martin M Chisholm John J Drory Niv N Guo Qi Q Hao Lei L Hu Jian J Li Cheng C Li Ran R Lopes Alexandre Roman AR Pan Kai-Ke KK Riffel Rogemar A RA Thomas Daniel D Wang Lan L Westfall Kyle K Yan Ren-Bin RB
Nature communications 20161019
Galaxies grow through both internal and external processes. In about 10% of nearby red galaxies with little star formation, gas and stars are counter-rotating, demonstrating the importance of external gas acquisition in these galaxies. However, systematic studies of such phenomena in blue, star-forming galaxies are rare, leaving uncertain the role of external gas acquisition in driving evolution of blue galaxies. Here, based on new measurements with integral field spectroscopy of a large represe ...[more]
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