FIRST RESULTS ON THE `SPIRALS, BRIDGES, AND TAILS' (SB&T) SPITZER/GALEX/SARA/CHANDRA INFRARED/ULTRAVIOLET/OPTICAL/CHANDRA IMAGING SURVEY OF INTERACTING GALAXIES

Spitzer 3.6+8 micron image of Arp 107

For a table of the SB&T galaxies and a list of the available data, click here.

Refereed papers:

  • `The Hot Gas Exhaust of Starburst Engines in Mergers: Testing Models of Stellar Feedback and Star Formation Regulation',
    B. J. Smith, P. Wagstaff, C. Struck, R. Soria, B. Dunn, D. Swartz, & M. Giroux (2019), AJ, in press
  • Stellar Population Synthesis of Star Forming Clumps in Galaxy Pairs and Non-Interacting Spiral Galaxies
    J. Zaragoza-Cardiel, B. J. Smith, M. Rosado, J. E. Beckman, T. Bitsakis, A. Camps-Farina, J. Font, & I. S. Cox (2018), ApJ, 234, 35
  • Diffuse X-ray-emitting Gas in Major Mergers
    B. J. Smith, K. Campbell, C. Struck, R. Soria, D. Swartz, M. Magno, B. Dunn, & M. L. Giroux (2018), AJ, 155, 81
  • A Comparative Study of Knots of Star Formation in Interacting vs. Spiral Galaxies
    B. J. Smith, J. Zaragoza-Cardiel, C. Struck, S. Olmsted, & K. Jones (2016), AJ, 151, 63
  • Star Formation and the Interstellar Medium in Nearby Tidal Streams (SAINTS): Spitzer Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy and Imaging of Tidal Star Forming Objects
    S. J. U. Higdon, J. L. Higdon, B. J. Smith, and M. Hancock (2014), ApJ, 787, 103
  • Extra-Nuclear Starbursts: Young Luminous Hinge Clumps in Interacting Galaxies
    B. J. Smith, R. Soria, C. Struck, M. L. Giroux, D. A. Swartz, and M. Yukita (2014), A.J., 147, 60
  • UV/Optical/IR Color Sequences Along the Tidal Ring/Arm of Arp 107
    R. C. Lapham, B. J. Smith, and C. Struck (2013), A.J., 145, 130
  • ChAInGeS: The Chandra Arp Interacting Galaxies Survey
    B. J. Smith, D. A. Swartz, O. Miller, J. A. Burleson, M. A. Nowak, and C. Struck (2012), A.J., 143, 144 (Note: this paper includes additional galaxies beyond the original SB&T sample)
  • The Symmetries and Scaling of Tidal Tails in Galaxies
    C. Struck and B. J. Smith (2012), M.N.R.A.S., 422, 2444
  • The Larson-Tinsley Effect in the UV: Interacting vs. `Normal' Spiral Galaxies
    B. J. Smith and C. Struck (2010), A.J., 140, #6
  • Spirals, Bridges, and Tails: A GALEX UV Atlas of Interacting Galaxies
    B. J. Smith, M. L. Giroux, C. Struck, M. Hancock, and S. Hurlock (2010), A.J., 139, 1212
  • Star Clusters in the Interacting Galaxy System Arp 284
    B. W. Peterson, C. Struck, B. J. Smith, and M. Hancock (2009), M.N.R.A.S., 400, 1208
  • Candidate Tidal Dwarf Galaxies in Arp 305: Lessons on Dwarf Detachment and Globular Cluster Formation
    M. Hancock, B. J. Smith, C. Struck, M. L. Giroux, and S. Hurlock (2009), Astronomical Journal, 137, 4643
  • Stochastic `Beads on a String' in the Accretion Tail of Arp 285
    B. J. Smith, C. Struck, M. Hancock, M. L. Giroux, P. N. Appleton, V. Charmandaris, W. Reach, S. Hurlock, and J.-S. Hwang (2008), Astronomical Journal, 135, 2406.

    • Conference Presentations:

  • Hot, Cold, and Warm Interstellar Gas in Galaxy Mergers,
    Dunn, B. and Smith, B. J. (2018), BAAS, 231, 444.02
  • `Multi-Wavelength Statistics of Clumpy Galaxies',
    Cox, I. S. and Smith, B. J. (2018), BAAS, 231, 149.49

    Press Releases and Articles in the Popular Press:

    Images:

    Also see our related work on the 4.5 micron excess from dwarf galaxies, and our paper on the Automatic Galaxy Collision Software.

    To go to Beverly Smith's web page, click here.

    To go to Mark Hancock's web page, click here.

    To go to Curt Struck's web page, click here.

    Last updated 8/27/2017