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Table 2

Modeling the radio emission.

UGC 12914/5 Ref. UGC 813/6 Ref.

Kinetic energy
vcoll 600 km s-1 1 600 km s-1 2, 5
M(HI)(a) (bridge) 2 × 109 M 3 3.2 × 109 M 4
M(H2)(a,b) (bridge) (2−9) × 109 M 3 (0.55−2.2) × 109 M 4
E kin,low(c) 4.9 × 1057 erg 5 3.2 × 1057 erg 5
E kin,high(c) 1.4 × 1058 erg 5 4.6 × 1057 erg 5

Energy loss of the relativistic electrons
distance between galaxy nuclei 20 kpc 1 21.6 kpc 2
time since start of interaction, T 2.8 × 107 yr 5 3.1 × 107 yr 5
B μG 1 μG 2
Urad 0.76 eV cm-3 5 0.56 eV cm-3 5

Predicted radio emission
Pν-predicted, low(c,d) (0.6−1.8) × 1022 W Hz-1 5 (0.6−1.8) × 1022 W Hz-1 5
Pν-predicted, high(c,d) (1.7−5.1) × 1022 W Hz-1 5 (0.9−2.6) × 1022 W Hz-1 5
α-predicted 1.4 5 1.3 5

Notes. See Sects. 3.1 and 3.4 for a detailed explanation of how the quantities were derived.

(a)

The masses include a factor of 1.37 for the helium fraction.

(b)

The greater mass is calculated for a Galactic conversion factor from CO intensity to H2 mass, the lower value for a conversion factor four times lower.

(c)

The value named “low” is calculated with a value four times lower for the molecular gas mass and the value named “high” is calculated with a Galactic conversion factor.

(d)

The range of values is given by the uncertainties of the efficiency of CR acceleration in shocks (between 10 and 30%).

References. (1) Condon et al. (1993); (2) Condon et al. (2002); (3) Braine et al. (2003); (4) Braine et al. (2004); (5) present work.

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