Constraining the duration of ram pressure stripping features in the optical from the direction of jellyfish galaxy tails
(2024)
Journal Article
Salinas, V., Jaffé, Y. L., Smith, R., Shinn, J.-H., Crossett, J. P., Gullieuszik, M., González-Torà, G., Piraino-Cerda, F., Poggianti, B., Vulcani, B., Biviano, A., Lourenço, A. C. C., Bilton, L. E., Kelkar, K., & Calderón-Castillo, P. (2024). Constraining the duration of ram pressure stripping features in the optical from the direction of jellyfish galaxy tails. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 533(1), 341-359. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1784
Ram pressure stripping is perhaps the most efficient mechanism for removing gas and quenching galaxies in dense environments as they move through the intergalactic medium. Extreme examples of on-going ram pressure stripping are known as jellyfish gal... Read More about Constraining the duration of ram pressure stripping features in the optical from the direction of jellyfish galaxy tails.