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Disentangling AGN and starburst activities in NGC 6240 from an X-ray perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 March 2016

Junfeng Wang
Junfeng Wang*
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy and Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, China email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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The circum-nuclear region in an active galaxy is often complex with presence of high excitation gas, collimated radio outflow, and star formation activities, besides the actively accreting supermassive black hole. The unique spatial resolving power of Chandra X-ray imaging spectroscopy enables more investigations to disentangle the active galactic nuclei and starburst activities. For galaxies in the throes of a violent merging event such as NGC6240, we were able to resolve the high temperature gas surrounding its binary active black holes and discovered a large scale soft X-ray halo.

Keywords

black hole physicsgalaxies: activegalaxies: interactionsgalaxies: halosX-rays: ISM
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 10 , Issue S312: Star Clusters and Black Holes in Galaxies across Cosmic Time , August 2014 , pp. 36 - 38
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2016 

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