The frequency of active and quiescent galaxies with companions: Implications for the feeding of the nucleus

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 2243-2256

  Schmitt, Henrique R ^a  

^a NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; Galaxies: interactions; Galaxies: nuclei; Galaxies: spiral; Galaxies: statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009145686     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/323547     Document Type: Article

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