GALAXY MERGERS

an EARA Workshop

January 22 - 23, 2001
at the Instituto de Astrofisica Canarias

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TOPICS

OBSERVATIONAL DIAGNOSTICS: TAILS; PECULIAR HI; POLAR RINGS; TIDAL DWARFS

MW: SAGGITARIUS DWARF; HALO SUBSTRUCTURE

MERGER RATE: CROSS-SECTIONS; CONSTRAINTS FROM HDF AND OTHER DEEP SURVEYS

MERGERS AND THE HUBBLE SEQUENCE: SPHEROID FORMATION; THICK DISK GROWTH

STARBURSTS; ULIRGS; AGNS. NIR, MIDIRSURVEYS

PHYSICAL PROCESSES: GAS INFLOW; HEATING/COOLING OF CLUSTER GAS

PROJECTS FOR 10M-CLASS TELESCOPES

Contacts:
Workshop email: mergers@ll.iac.es
EARA Home page: http://www.iap.fr/eara/
IAC Home page: http://www.iac.es/
Organizers:
Marc Balcells (Chair)
Rachel Somerville
Juan Carlos Vega Beltran
EARA Deputies:

IAP Caroline Terquem

MPA Guinevere Kauffman

Leiden Huub Rottgering

IAC Marc Balcells

IoA Rachel Somerville

Eva Bejarano (Secretary)

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