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5.8. Molecular hydrogen emission from ultraluminous infrared galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

P.P. Van der Werf
P.P. Van der Werf*
Affiliation:
Leiden Observatory, P.O. Box 9513, NL - 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands (pvdwerf@strw.leidenuniv.nl)

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Ultraluminous infrared galaxies (ULIRGs) are major mergers of gas-rich galaxies and are characterized by a molecular interstellar medium that is concentrated in the central kpc, where it forms a dynamically significant, or perhaps dominant, component (Scoville et al., 1991). Sanders et al. (1988) proposed that ULIRGs might harbour, or evolve into, dust-enshrouded quasars, formed in their obscured centers.

Type
Part II. Nuclear Interstellar Medium
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 184: The Central Regions of the Galaxy and Galaxies , 1998 , pp. 225 - 226
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1998 

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