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Star formation in seyfert galaxies
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Espinosa, J. M. Rodriguez Rudy, Richard J. Jones, Barbara |
| Copyright Year | 1987 |
| Description | An analysis of the IRAS data for a sample of classical (optically selected) Seyfert galaxies is presented. The IRAS fluxes at 25 micron, 60 micron, and 100 micron are found to be uncorrelated or only very weakly correlated with the UV/Optical continuum flux and the near and mid IR flux at 3.5 and 10 microns. To investigate the possibility that star formation accounts for the far IR flux, the IRAS measurements for the Seyfert galaxies are compared to IRAS observations of a sample of normal spiral galaxies, and a sample of Starburst galaxies. It is shown that the far IR luminosities and far IR colors of Seyfert galaxies are indistinguishable from those of the Starburst galaxies. Besides, normal galaxies are an order of magnitude less luminous than both the Seyfert and the Starburst galaxies. This indicates that star formation produces the bulk of the far infrared emission in Seyfert galaxies. |
| File Size | 348077 |
| Page Count | 6 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19870014931 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t82k1b437 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1987-05-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Astrophysics Far Infrared Radiation Seyfert Galaxies Stellar Color Star Formation Starburst Galaxies Spectral Emission Infrared Astronomy Infrared Astronomy Satellite Spiral Galaxies Infrared Spectra Stellar Luminosity Galactic Nuclei Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |