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Astronomical Software Wants To Be Free: A Manifesto
Benjamin J. Weiner, Michael R. Blanton, Alison L. Coil +13
Astronomical software is now a fact of daily life for all hands-on members of our community. Purpose-built software for data reduction and modeling tasks becomes ever more critical…
The Formation of Polar Disk Galaxies
Chris B. Brook, Fabio Governato, Thomas Quinn +5
Polar Ring Galaxies, such as NGC4650A, are a class of galaxy which have two kinematically distinct components that are inclined by almost 90 degrees to each other. These striking g…
The effect of galaxy mass ratio on merger--driven starbursts
T. J. Cox, Patrik Jonsson, Rachel S. Somerville +2
We employ numerical simulations of galaxy mergers to explore the effect of galaxy mass ratio on merger--driven starbursts. Our numerical simulations include radiative cooling of ga…