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Estimation of the percentage of cold gas with ϵg > 0 converted into stars during the replacement of the inner gas disk, which preceded the formation of the gas-versus-stars counter-rotating disks, for all the studied galaxies. We also show the variations with respect to the stellar mass of the main galaxies (upper panel), the gas fraction fgas (middle panel) and V/σ, all quantities estimated just before the retrograde gas accretion phase. fgas and V/σ have been estimated both within one effective radius but the same trends are obtained when estimated within 5 Re. These plots first suggest that, during the removal of the pre-existing gas, on average, a higher fraction of cold gas is converted into stars rather than being expelled. Secondly, there is a clear correlation between the percentage of gas converted into stars and V/σ. The original morphology of galaxies therefore seems to impact the efficiency of the star formation during the compaction of the central gas component.

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