The Role of Tidal Interactions in Driving Galaxy Evolution

PÉREZ, J.; TISSERA, P. B.; LAMBAS, D. G.; SCANNAPIECO, C.; DE ROSSI, M. E

Groups of Galaxies in the Nearby Universe, Proceedings of the ESO Workshop held at Santiago de Chile, 5-9 December 2005. Edited by I. Saviane, V.D. Ivanov, J. Borissova, 2006. ESO ASTROPHYSICS SYMPOSIA. ISBN 978-3-540-71172-8. Springer-Verlag, 2007

Año: 2007 p. 239 - 240

 We carry out a statistical analysis of galaxy pairs selected from chemical hydrodynamical simulations with the aim at assessing the capability of hierarchical scenarios to reproduce recent observational results for galaxies in pairs. Particularly, we analyse the effects of mergers and interactions on the star formation (SF) activity, the global mean chemical properties and the colour distribution of interacting galaxies. We also assess the effects of spurious pairs.