| Autor: |
Hajime Inoue, Keith Arnaud, Takao Nakagawa, R. Fujimoto, Tsuneo Kii, Toshiyuki Miyazaki, Y. Ogasaka, Ryohei Kawabe |
| Rok vydání: |
1999 |
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| Zdroj: |
Galaxy Interactions at Low and High Redshift ISBN: 9780792358336 |
| DOI: |
10.1007/978-94-011-4665-4_81 |
| Popis: |
One of the most important results of the IRAS survey is the discovery of a class of “Luminous Infrared Galaxies” (LIGs), which emit most of the energy in the infrared and are the dominant population in the local universe at luminosities above 1011 L☉ (e.g., Sanders & Mirabel 1996). All LIGs appear to be extremely rich in molecular gas, and many of them show evidence of recent interacting/merging activities. Hence it is now accepted that strong interactions of gas-rich galaxies triggers large central concentration of molecular gas, and makes optimal conditions for both enormous nuclear starbursts and building and/or fueling AGN. Actually, various observations show evidence of starburst activity as well as that of AGN in many LIGs (Sanders & Mirabel 1996). |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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