We measure the strength, frequency, and timescale of tidally triggered star formation at redshift z=0.08-0.38 in a spectroscopically complete sample of galaxy pairs drawn from the magnitude-limited redshift survey of 9825 Smithsonian Hectospec Lensing Survey galaxies with R<20.3. To examine the evidence for tidal triggering, we identify a volume-limited sample of major (|{Delta}M_R_|1/5) pair galaxies with M_R_<-20.8 in the redshift range z=0.08-0.31.
Cone search capability for table J/AJ/139/1857/table2 (*Sample of major galaxy pairs)