MIXED PAIRS OF GALAXIES

We report on a search for mass transfer between galaxy components of m ixed morphology (E+S) pairs. We used spectroscopy, optical imaging, IR AS data, and stellar population synthesis to study the stellar content in the early-type galaxy. A young stellar population (< 5 X 10(8) yrs ) was detected in the E member of a mixed pairs;(AM0327-285). A young population of this kind is not usually found in cold gas-poor elliptic al galaxies. We suggest that the young stellar component was formed ou t of gas transferred from the spiral neighbor.