Open AccessStar Formation in the Cometary Tails Associated with Cluster Galaxies
Author(s) -
Takahiro Yamagami,
Yutaka Fujita
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
publications of the astronomical society of japan
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.99
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 2053-051X
pISSN - 0004-6264
DOI - 10.1093/pasj/63.6.1165
Subject(s) - physics , molecular cloud , astrophysics , star formation , galaxy , stars , astronomy , star cluster , cluster (spacecraft) , galaxy cluster , computer science , programming language
We investigate the star-formation in cometary tails of galaxies in clusters. In particular, we focus on the evolution of molecular clouds in the tails that generate the stars. Assuming that the gas tails had been derived from the galaxies through ram-pressure stripping, we found that the gas must have been stripped mostly not in the form of molecular clouds, but in the form of H I gas or molecular...
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