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What is the Maximun IR Luminosity of a Single Spiral Galaxy?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2016

A.M. Mickaelian
Affiliation:
Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory and Isaac Newton Institute Armenian Branch, 378433 Byurakan, Armenia
M.-P. Véron-Cetty
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Haute Provence, CNRS, F-04870 Saint-Michel l'Observatoire, France
P. Véron
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Haute Provence, CNRS, F-04870 Saint-Michel l'Observatoire, France

Abstract

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A new sample of IRAS galaxies at high galactic latitudes has been built by optically identifying IRAS point sources.

In no more than about 100 cases, an apparently interacting system of galaxies is located near the IR source. The large majority are unambiguously identified with a single, relatively isolated galaxy. This confirms that, although galaxy interaction may trigger starburst activity, the IR luminosity in most objects is due to normal star formation in the disc.

Type
The Inner Regions of Galaxies
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2001 

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