A powerful nuclear starburst in the Seyfert galaxy Markarian 477: Implications for the starburst-active galactic nucleus connection

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 482, Issue 1 PART I, 1997, Pages 114-132

  Heckman, T M ^a,b,c   Gonzalez Delgado R ^a,c   Leitherer, C ^a,c   Meurer, G R ^a,b   Krolik, J ^a,b   Wilson, A S ^a,c,d   Koratkar, A ^a,c   Kinney, A ^a,c  

^a KITT PEAK NATIONAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AURA for the European Space Agency   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Galaxies: nuclei; Galaxies: Seyfert; Galaxies: starburst; Galaxies: stellar content; Ultraviolet: galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645560649     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/304139     Document Type: Article

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