Author:
Komugi S.,Tateuchi K.,Motohara K.,Takagi T.,Iono D.,Kaneko H.,Ueda J.,Saitoh T. R.,
Abstract
AbstractWe show that the dispersion in the Schmidt-Kennicutt (SK) law in galaxies is affected significantly by the evolutionary stage of star forming molecular gas, using narrow band Paα imaging of Taffy I, an interacting pair of galaxies. Star forming regions in the system show very uniform ages except for the bridge region, and the SK law of regions at the same age show a exceptionally tight SK law.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Astronomy and Astrophysics,Space and Planetary Science