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Zaragoza-Cardiel, J.; Beckman, J. E.; Font, J.; Camps-Fariña, A.; García-Lorenzo, B.; Erroz-Ferrer, S.
Bibliographical reference
Galaxies in 3D across the Universe, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Volume 309, pp. 354-354
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2015
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Description
We have observed 12 interacting galaxies using the Fabry-Perot
interferometer GHαFaS (Galaxy Hα Fabry-Perot system) on the
4.2m William Herschel Telescope (La Palma). We have extracted the
physical properties (sizes, Hα luminosity and velocity dispersion)
of 236 HII regions for the full sample of interacting galaxies. We have
derived the physical properties of 664 HII regions for a sample of 28
isolated galaxies observed with the same instrument in order to compare
both populations of HII regions, finding that there are brighter and
denser star forming regions in the interacting galaxies compared with
the isolated galaxies sample.