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The role of external factors in the evolution of galaxies

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We consider the evolution of galaxies in dense galactic clusters. Observations and theoretical estimates indicate that this evolution may be specified to a large extent by collisions between galaxies, as well as interactions between the gaseous components of disk galaxies and intergalactic gas. We analyze collisions between disk galaxies with gaseous components using a simple model based on a comparison of the duration of a collision and the characteristic cooling time for the gas heated by the collision, and also of the relative masses of stars and gas in the colliding disk galaxies. This model is used to analyze scenarios for collisions between disk galaxies with various masses as a function of their relative velocities. Our analysis indicates that galaxies can merge, lose one or both of their gaseous components, or totally disintegrate as a result of a collision; ultimately, a new galaxy may form from the gas lost by the colliding galaxies. Disk galaxies with mass M G and velocities exceeding ∼300 (M G/1010 M ⊙)1/2 km/s in intergalactic gas in clusters with densities ∼10−27 g/cm3 can lose their gas due to the pressure of inflowing intergalactic gas, thereby developing into E(SO) galaxies.

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Original Russian Text © A.V. Tutukov, 2006, published in Astronomicheskiĭ Zhurnal, 2006, Vol. 83, No. 6, pp. 496–508.

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Tutukov, A.V. The role of external factors in the evolution of galaxies. Astron. Rep. 50, 439–450 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063772906060035

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