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IC5063: A Merger with A Hidden Luminous Active Nucleus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

L. Colina ,
W. Sparks  and
F. Macchetto
L. Colina
Affiliation:
Astrophysics Division, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
W. Sparks
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, U.S.A.
F. Macchetto
Affiliation:
Astrophysics Division, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands

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Despite intense theoretical and observational effort during the past few years, two important questions in the field of active galaxies remain open and are the subject of vigorous debate.

The first concerns the connection between the interaction/merger of galaxies and the generation of starburst and/or active nuclei. A large fraction of high luminosity radio galaxies (Baum et al. 1988), quasars (Hutchinga, 1987) and IRAS galaxies (Sanders et al. 1988), show the presence of a large companion or have a peculiar optical morphology which is offen interpreted as evidence of a recent merger or interaction. In Seyferts, there are also several examples of individual galaxies with clear evidence of interaction/merger (Colina et al. 1987; Fricke and Kollatschny, 1989; Macchetto et al. 1990). Also a significant fraction of low luminosity radio galaxies are associated with a system of two elliptical galaxies in interaction (Colina and Pérez-Fournon, 1990a,b).

Type
V. Observations of Nuclear and Near-Nuclear Activity
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 124: Paired and Interacting Galaxies , 1990 , pp. 451 - 455
Copyright
Copyright © NASA 1990

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