Back to the article index

Article Contents

ABSTRACT

1.INTRODUCTION: SOME PAST HIGHLIGHTS AND CURRENT ISSUES

1.1.Early Days

1.2.The 1970s

1.3.The 1980s and Early 1990s

1.4.Key Issues Up to the Present

2.INDUCED STAR FORMATION AND WINDS

2.1.Star Formation Processes in Interactions

2.2.Observational Samples of Star Formation Before Merger

2.3.Detailed Case Studies

2.4.Modes of Star Formation

2.5.Summary and Theory

3.ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS

3.1.Cluster Bustle

3.2.Cluster Slow Dance

4.INTERACTIONS AND GALAXY EVOLUTION

4.1.Models of Structure Buildup

4.2.Observations of Evolution

5.ARCHAEOLOGY

6.COMING ATTRACTIONS

REFERENCES