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Do AGN suppress star formation in disc-dominated galaxies?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2013

B. Husemann ,
J. Walcher ,
L. Wisotzki ,
J. Gerssen ,
K. Jahnke ,
S. F. Sánchez  and
V. Wild
B. Husemann
Affiliation:
Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam, Germany email: [email protected]
J. Walcher
Affiliation:
Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam, Germany email: [email protected]
L. Wisotzki
Affiliation:
Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam, Germany email: [email protected]
J. Gerssen
Affiliation:
Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam, Germany email: [email protected]
K. Jahnke
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany
S. F. Sánchez
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (CSIC), Granada, Spain
V. Wild
Affiliation:
University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom
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Abstract

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We present preliminary results of our integral field spectroscopy (IFS) observations to test whether AGN can suppress star formation in disc-dominated galaxies. We find a lower specific star formation rate and a different radial Hα profile for AGN than in the control sample.

Keywords

galaxies: active — HII regions — galaxies: spiral
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 8 , Symposium S292: Molecular Gas, Dust, and Star Formation in Galaxies , August 2012 , pp. 373
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2013

References

Sánchez, et al. 2012, A&A, 538, A8Google Scholar