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ISO spectroscopy of nearby starburst galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Dietmar Kunze ,
Dieter Lutz ,
Dimitra Rigopoulou ,
Michelle D. Thornley  and
Reinhard Genzel
Dietmar Kunze
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, D-85740 Garching, Germany
Dieter Lutz
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, D-85740 Garching, Germany
Dimitra Rigopoulou
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, D-85740 Garching, Germany
Michelle D. Thornley
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, D-85740 Garching, Germany
Reinhard Genzel
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, D-85740 Garching, Germany

Abstract

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We present spectroscopic mid-IR observations of prominent starburst galaxies obtained with the Short Wavelength Spectrometer onboard the Infrared Space Observatory. The wavelength range accessible by ISO-SWS (2.5–45 μm) contains a large number of emission lines of atomic and molecular hydrogen and several other atomic species. In this paper we discuss the interpretation of the [Ne III] 15.5 μm/[Ne II] 12.8 μm line-ratio, the faint [OIV]25.9 μm line and the pure rotational lines of molecular hydrogen observed in our target galaxies.

Type
Part 6. Starbursts in normal and active galaxies: their effects on the ISM and on chemical evolution
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 193: Wolf-Rayet Phenomena in Massive Stars and Starburst Galaxies , 1999 , pp. 745 - 746
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999 

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