Circumnuclear shock and starburst in NGC 6240: Near-infrared imaging and spectroscopy with adaptive optics

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 5 1775, 2003, Pages 2299-2306

  Bogdanović, Tamara ^a   Ge, Jian ^a   Max, Claire E ^b,c   Raschke, Lynne M ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: individual (NGC 6240); Galaxies: nuclei; Galaxies: starburst; Techniques: high angular resolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347569525     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378906     Document Type: Article

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