Very large array detection of radio recombination lines from the radio nucleus of NGC 253: Ionization by a weak active galactic nucleus, an obscured super star cluster, or a compact supernova remnant?

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 574, Issue 2 I, 2002, Pages 701-708

  Mohan, Niruj R ^a,b   Anantharamaiah, K R ^a   Goss, W M ^c  

^a RAMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: individual (NGC 253); Galaxies: ISM; Galaxies: nuclei; Galaxies: starburst; Radio lines: galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037736481     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/341004     Document Type: Article

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