Browsing by Author "Duc, P.A."

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    • An absolute calibration of DENIS (deep near infrared southern sky survey) 

      Fouque, P.; Chevallier, L.; Cohen, M.; Galliano, E.; Loup, C.; Alard, C.; de Batz, B.; Bertin, E.; Borsenberger, J.; Cioni, M-R.L.; Copet, E.; Dennefeld, M.; Derriere, S.; Deul, E.; Duc, P.A.; Egret, D.; Epchtein, N.; Forveille, T.; Garzon, F.; Habing, H.J.; Hron, J.; Kimeswenger, S.; Lacombe, F.; Le Bertre, T.; Mamon, G.A.; Omont, O.; Paturel, G.; Pau, S.; Persi, P.; Robin, A.C.; Rouan, D.; Schultheis, M.; Simon, G.; Tiphene, D.; Vauglin, I.; Wagner, S. (2000)
      An absolute calibration of the DENIS photometric system is presented. It includes the determination of the overall transmission profiles in the 3 bands, namely i, J and Ks, combining contributions from atmosphere, telescope ...

    • Abundant molecular gas in the intergalactic medium of Stephan's Quintet 

      Lisenfeld, U.; Braine, J.; Duc, P.A.; Leon, S.; Charmandaris, V.; Brinks, E. (2002-11)
      Stephan's Quintet (SQ) is a system consisting of at least four interacting galaxies which is well known for its complex dynamical and star formation history. It possesses a rich intergalactic medium (IGM), where hydrogen ...

    • Abundant molecular gas in tidal dwarf galaxies: On-going galaxy formation 

      Braine, J.; Duc, P.A.; Lisenfeld, U.; Charmandaris, V.; Vallejo, O.; Leon, S.; Brinks, E. (2001-10)
      We investigate the process of galaxy formation as can be observed in the only currently forming galaxies { the so-called Tidal Dwarf Galaxies, hereafter TDGs { through observations of the molecular gas detected via its CO ...

    • The ATLAS 3D project - XI : Dense molecular gas properties of CO-luminous early-type galaxies 

      Crocker, A.; Krips, M.; Bureau, M.; Young, L.M.; Davis, T.A.; Bayet, E.; Alatalo, K.; Blitz, L.; Bois, M.; Bournaud, F.; Cappellari, M.; Davies, R. L.; de Zeeuw, P.T.; Duc, P.A.; Emsellem, E.; Khochfar, S.; Krajnović, D.; Kuntschner, H.; Lablanche, Pierre-Yves; McDermid, Richard M.; Morganti, Raffaella; Naab, Thorsten; Oosterloo, Tom; Sarzi, Marc; Scott, N.; Serra, P.; Weijmans, Anne-Marie (2012-04)
      Surveying 18 12CO-bright galaxies from the ATLAS 3D early-type galaxy sample with the Institut de Radio Astronomie Millimétrique (IRAM) 30-m telescope, we detect 13CO(1-0) and 13CO(2-1) in all 18 galaxies, HCN(1-0) in 12/18 ...

    • The ATLAS3D project - XXV : Two-dimensional kinematic analysis of simulated galaxies and the cosmological origin of fast and slow rotators 

      Naab, Thorsten; Oser, L.; Emsellem, E.; Cappellari, Michele; Krajnović, D.; McDermid, Richard M.; Alatalo, Katherine; Bayet, Estelle; Blitz, L.; Bois, M.; Bournaud, Frederic; Bureau, M.; Crocker, A.; Davies, R. L.; Davis, T. A.; de Zeeuw, P.T.; Duc, P.A.; Hirschmann, Michaela; Johansson, P. H.; Khochfar, S.; Kuntschner, H.; Morganti, R.; Oosterloo, T.; Sarzi, Marc; Scott, N.; Serra, P.; van de Ven, G.; Weijmans, A.; Young, Lisa M. (2014-11-11)
      We present a detailed two-dimensional stellar dynamical analysis of a sample of 44 cosmological hydrodynamical simulations of individual central galaxies with stellar masses of 2 × 1010 M⊙ ≲ M* ≲ 6 × 1011 M⊙. Kinematic ...

    • Colliding molecular clouds in head-on galaxy collisions 

      Braine, J.; Lisenfeld, U.; Duc, P.A.; Brinks, E.; Charmandaris, V.; Leon, S. (2004-05)

    • Collisional Debris as Laboratories to Study Star Formation 

      Boquien, M.; Duc, P.A.; Wu, Y.; Charmandaris, V.; Lisenfeld, U.; Braine, J.; Brinks, E.; Iglesias-Paramo, J.; Xi, C.K. (2009)
      In this paper we address the question of whether star formation (SF) is driven by local processes or the large-scale environment. To do so, we investigate SF in collisional debris where the gravitational potential well and ...

    • Discovery of an active galactic nucleus driven molecular outflow in the local early-type galaxy NGC 1266 

      Alatalo, K.; Blitz, L.; Young, L.M.; Davis, T.A.; Bureau, M.; Lopez, L.A.; Cappellari, M.; Scott, N.; Shapiro, K.; Crocker, A.; Martin, S.; Bois, M.; Bournaud, F.; Davies, R.L.; de Zeeuw, P.T.; Duc, P.A.; Emsellem, E.; Falcon-Barroso, J.; Knochfar, S.; Krajnovic, D.; Kuntschner, H.; Lablanche, P.-Y.; McDermid, R.M.; Morganti, R.; Naab, T.; Oosterloo, T.; Sarzi, Marc; Serra, P.; Weijmans, A. (2011)
      We report the discovery of a powerful molecular wind from the nucleus of the non-interacting nearby S0 field galaxy NGC 1266. The single-dish CO profile exhibits emission to +/- 400 km s(-1) and requires a nested Gaussian ...

    • Dwarf Galaxies and Star Clusters in Tidal Tails 

      Weilbacher, P.; Fritze, U.; Duc, P.A. (The International Astronomical Union, 2002)

    • Formation of a tidal dwarf galaxy in the interacting system Arp 245 (NGC 2992/93) 

      Duc, P.A.; Brinks, E.; Springel, V.; Pichardo, B.; Weilbacher, P.; Mirabel, F. (2000)
      Among the various phenomena observed in interacting galaxies is the ejection due to tidal forces of stellar and gaseous material into the intergalactic medium and its subsequent rearranging which can lead to the formation ...

    • Formation of slowly rotating early-type galaxies via major mergers: a resolution study 

      Bois, M.; Bournaud, F.; Emsellem, E.; Alatalo, K.; Blitz, L.; Bureau, M.; Cappellari, M.; Davies, R.L.; Davis, T.A.; de Zeeuw, P.T.; Duc, P.A.; Khochfar, S.; Krajnovic, D.; Kuntschner, H.; Lablanche, P.-Y.; McDermid, R.M.; Morganti, R.; Naab, T.; Oosterloo, T.; Sarzi, M.; Scott, N.; Serra, P.; Weijmans, A.; Young, L.M. (2010)
      We study resolution effects in numerical simulations of gas-rich and gas-poor major mergers, and show that the formation of slowly rotating elliptical galaxies often requires a resolution that is beyond the present-day ...

    • The Formation of Tidal Dwarf Galaxies in Interacting Systems: the Case of Arp 245 (NGC 2992/93) 

      Brinks, E.; Duc, P.A.; Springel, V.; Pichardo, B.; Weilbacher, P.; Mirabel, F. (2001)

    • Galaxy Recycling : The first sample of TDG candidates 

      Weilbacher, P.; Duc, P.A.; Fritze, U. (2001)

    • Gas segregation in the interacting system Arp 105 

      Duc, P.A.; Brinks, E.; Wink, J.; Mirabel, F. (1997)
      Arp 105 is an example of a collision between an infrared luminous spiral (NGC 3561A) and an elliptical (NGC 3561B) galaxy in a cluster of galaxies. Duc & Mirabel (1994) reported in this system the genesis of star{forming ...

    • H I Recycling: Formation of Tidal Dwarf Galaxies 

      Duc, P.A.; Brinks, E. (Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2001)
      Galactic collisions trigger a number of phenomena, such as transportation inward of gas from distances of up to kiloparsecs from the center of a galaxy to the nuclear region, fueling a central starburst or nuclear activity. ...

    • Large Velocity Gradients in the Tidal Tails of the Interacting Galaxy AM 1353-272 (The Dentist's Chair) 

      Weilbacher, P.; Fritze, U.; Duc, P.A.; Fricke, K.J. (2002-10-09)
      We present Very Large Telescope observations of the interacting system AM 1353-272. Using the FORS2 instrument, we studied the kinematics of the ionized gas along its prominent tidal tails and discovered strikingly large ...

    • Mass loss from galaxies: feeding the IGM, recycling in the IGM 

      Duc, P.A.; Braine, J.; Lisenfeld, U.; Amram, P.; Brinks, E. (2002)

    • Molecular and ionized gas in the tidal tail in Stephan's Quintet 

      Lisenfeld, U.; Braine, J.; Duc, P.A.; Brinks, E.; Charmandaris, V.; Leon, S. (2004-11)

    • Molecular Gas in the Intergalactic Medium of Stephan's Quintet 

      Lisenfeld, U.; Leon, S.; Braine, J.; Duc, P.A.; Charmandaris, V.; Brinks, E. (2003)

    • Molecular Gas in the Intergalactic Medium of Stephan's Quintet 

      Lisenfeld, U.; Leon, S.; Braine, J.; Duc, P.A.; Charmandaris, V.; Brinks, E. (Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2003)