X-ray study of local infrared bright galaxies

Miguel Pereira-Santaella, Almudena Alonso-Herrero, Elena Jiménez-Bailón, George H. Rieke, María Santos-Lleo, Martin Ward

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Abstract

We are carrying out detailed study of the X-ray and infrared (IR) properties of a sample of local (d < 70 Mpc) luminous infrared galaxies (LIRGs) using XMM-Newton and Spitzer (imaging and spectroscopy). The main goal is to study the extreme processes of star formation and/or active galactic nuclei (AGN) taking place in this cosmologically important class of galaxies. In this proceedings we present the preliminary results obtained from the analysis of the XMM-Newton X-ray images and the X-ray spectral modeling.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages601-606
Number of pages6
StatePublished - Jul 1 2010
Event9th Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society - Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics VI, SEA 2010 - Madrid, Spain
Duration: Sep 13 2010Sep 17 2010

Conference

Conference9th Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society - Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics VI, SEA 2010
Country/TerritorySpain
CityMadrid
Period9/13/109/17/10

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics

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