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The Mid-Infrared Spectral Properties of Starburst Galaxies and Active Galactic Nuclei

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

O. Laurent  and
I.F. Mirabel
O. Laurent
Affiliation:
CEA/DSM/DAPNIA. Service d'Astrophysique F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
I.F. Mirabel
Affiliation:
CEA/DSM/DAPNIA. Service d'Astrophysique F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France

Abstract

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We present a new diagnostic tool based on mid-infrared spectra (5–16μm) for distinguishing the emission triggered by the active galactic nucleus (AGN) and by the star formation activity. We show that the AGN spectra, contrary to the starburst spectra, present an important continuum below 9μm and an absence of Unidentified Infrared Bands (UIBs).

Type
I. Observational Properties of AGN
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 194: Activity in Galaxies and Related Phenomena , 1999 , pp. 54 - 59
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999 

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