What goes around comes around: The fate of stars in stripped tails of gas

• Published in: Astronomy and astrophysics (Berlin) Vol. 698; p. A151
• Main Authors: Akerman, N., Tonnesen, S., Poggianti, B., Smith, R., Werle, A., Giunchi, E., Vulcani, B., Fritz, J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.06.2025

We conducted high-resolution wind-tunnel simulations to study in situ star formation in the stripped tails of two massive ( M star = 10 11 M ⊙ ) galaxies undergoing time-evolving ram pressure stripping. One galaxy was stripped face-on (W0), and the other was subject to an angled wind (W45). We find...