The CFHTLS-Deep Catalog of Interacting Galaxies
Carrie R. Bridge, R. G. Carlberg

Abstract: Hierarchical models and observations suggest that galaxy mergers and interactions play a key role in galaxy assembly and star formation, but to what extent is still unclear. In this poster I will present recent findings arising from our catalog of over 2000 interacting galaxies. The catalog was composed through the visual classification of all galaxies down to I<22, over 2 square degrees (~30,000 galaxies) of the CFHTLS - Deep Survey. The survey's depth and high image quality have made it possible to probe the interaction rate, level of induced star formation and AGN activity over the full merger sequence out to z~1. By probing both the number of interactions and their star forming properties as a function of mass, type and redshift we can help reveal and quantify the role that merging plays in the IR luminosity and star formation rate densities of the Universe.