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X-Ray Aspects of the IRAS Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

E.J.A. Meurs
E.J.A. Meurs*
Affiliation:
Dunsink Observatory Castleknock, Dublin 15, Ireland

Abstract

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Several IRAS galaxies have been detected at X-rays, with a variety of satellite observatories. About half of these are classified optically as Seyfert galaxies. Among those not (convincingly) classified as AGN, many have X-ray luminosities for which stellar evolution products offer convenient explanations. Some non-active IRAS galaxies display anomalously high levels of X-ray emission for which several conceivable origins are investigated: optical misclassification, X-ray misidentification, hidden AGN, incidental activity, starburst, environmental sources. X-ray spectral studies and temporal variations constitute important tools for further investigation, for instance to assess the strength of a starburst or to establish signatures of an active core.

Type
Session 3: Diagnostics of High Gravity Objects with X- and Gamma Rays
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 188: The Hot Universe , 1998 , pp. 145 - 148
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1998 

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