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Table 2

Characteristics of starburst populations.

Simulation Nucleus L K,young L bol,young Mass of young stars SFR SNR
[L] [L] [M] [M yr-1] [yr-1]

“1” North 3.6 × 108 0.03 ± 0.1
“2” North 3.6 × 108 3.1 3.7 ± 0.3  × 108 2.2 0.03 ± 0.01
“1” South 1.3 × 109 10.0 ± 2.0 × 1010 8.2 0.11
“2” South 1.3 × 109 1.3 ± 0.1 × 109 7.8

References. LK,young was measured in 1″ diameter apertures using the dereddened continuum flux map and adopting an intrinsic WBrγ = 22 Å (see Sect. 9). Values for Lbol, stellar mass, and SFR were inferred from this together with the star formation history from the simulations at all points between first encounter and coalescence; given are the median value and the range sampled.

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