Chandra HRC and HST observations of NGC 6240: Resolving the active galactic nucleus and starburst

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 333, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 709-714

  Lira, P ^a,b   Ward, M J ^a   Zezas, A ^c   Murray, S S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Galaxies: individual: Ngc 6240; Galaxies: starburst; X rays: galaxies

Indexed keywords

LUMINANCE; STARS;

ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI; CHANDRA; GALAXIES ACTIVE; GALAXIES: INDIVIDUALS; GALAXIES: STARBURSTS; GALAXY: INDIVIDUAL: NGC 6240; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; OPTICAL-; STARBURSTS; X-RAYS: GALAXIES;

GALAXIES;

EID: 0012474670     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05456.x     Document Type: Article

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