Adaptive optics imaging and spectroscopy of Cygnus A. I. Evidence for a minor merger

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 597, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 823-831

  Canalizo, Gabriela ^a   Max, Claire ^a,b   Whysong, David ^c   Antonucci, Robert ^c   Dahm, Scott E ^d  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: individual (Cygnus A) galaxies: interactions; Infrared: galaxies; Instrumentation: adaptive optics

Indexed keywords

EID: 1042291467     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378513     Document Type: Article

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