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American Astronomical Society, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 1(812), p. L14, 2015

DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/812/1/l14

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Formation of ultra-compact blue dwarf galaxies and their evolution into nucleated dwarfs

Journal article published in 2015 by Kenji Bekki ORCID
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

We propose that there is an evolutionary link between ultra-compact blue dwarf galaxies (UCBDs) with active star formation and nucleated dwarfs based on the results of numerical simulations of dwarf-dwarf merging. We consider the observational fact that low-mass dwarfs can be very gas-rich, and thereby investigate the dynamical and chemical evolution of very gas-rich, dissipative dwarf-dwarf mergers. We find that the remnants of dwarf-dwarf mergers can be dominated by new stellar populations formed from the triggered starbursts and consequently can have blue colors and higher metallicities (Z~[0.2-1]Z_sun). We also find that the remnants of these mergers can have rather high mass-densities (10^4 M_sun pc^-3) within the central 10 pc and small half-light radii (40-100 pc). The radial stellar structures of some merger remnants are similar to those of nucleated dwarfs. Star formation can continue in nuclear gas disks (R