Galaxies (Oct 2015)

Isolated Galaxies versus Interacting Pairs with MaNGA

  • María del Carmen Argudo Fernández,
  • Fangting Yuan,
  • Shiyin Shen,
  • Jun Yin,
  • Ruixiang Chang,
  • Shuai Feng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies3040156
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 4
pp. 156 – 163

Abstract

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We present preliminary results of the spectral analysis on the radial distributions of the star formation history in both a galaxy merger and a spiral isolated galaxy observed with MaNGA. We find that the central part of the isolated galaxy is composed by older stellar population (~2 Gyr) than in the outskirts (~7 Gyr). Also, the time-scale is gradually larger from 1 Gyr in the inner part to 3 Gyr in the outer regions of the galaxy. In the case of the merger, the stellar population in the central region is older than in the tails, presenting a longer time-scale in comparison to central part in the isolated galaxy. Our results are in agreement with a scenario where spiral galaxies are built from inside-out. In the case of the merger, we find evidence that interactions enhance star formation in the central part of the galaxy.

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