2014MNRAS.444..313V -
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 444, 313-326 (2014/October-2)
Simulating the evolution of disc galaxies in a group environment - II. The influence of close encounters between galaxies.
VILLALOBOS A., DE LUCIA G. and MURANTE G.
Abstract (from CDS):
We study the evolution of disc galaxies in group environments under the effect of both the global tidal field and close encounters between galaxies, using controlled N-body simulations of isolated mergers. We find that close-range encounters between galaxies are less frequent and less damaging to disc galaxies than originally expected, since they mostly occur when group members have lost a significant fraction of their initial mass to tidal stripping. We also find that group members mostly affect disc galaxies indirectly by modifying their common global tidal field. Different initial orbital parameters of group members introduce a significant `scatter' in the evolution of general properties of disc galaxies around a `median' evolution that is similar to when only the effect of the global tidal field is included. Close encounters introduce a high variability in the properties of disc galaxies, even slowing their evolution in some cases, and could wash out correlations between galaxy properties and the group total mass. The combined effect of the global tidal field and close encounters appears to be inefficient at forming/enhancing central stellar bulges. This implies that bulges of S0 galaxies should be mostly composed of young stars, which is consistent with recent observations.
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© 2014 The Authors Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society (2014)
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methods: numerical - galaxies: evolution - galaxies: interactions - galaxies: structure
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