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3.4. Molecular hydrogen emission in galaxies: the case of NGC 6240

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

E. Egami
E. Egami*
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Postfach 1603, D-85740 Garching, Germany

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The ISO SWS spectrometer has enabled us to detect for the first time the emission lines from the pure rotational transitions of molecular hydrogens (H2). We have been investigating the physical conditions and the excitation mechanisms of H2 in bright IR galaxies. Here, we present the preliminary results for NGC 6240, which is probably the most interesting object in our sample because of its largest known H2 luminosity.

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Part I. Stellar Cluster, Star Formation
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 184: The Central Regions of the Galaxy and Galaxies , 1998 , pp. 95 - 96
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1998 

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