The discovery of an active galactic nucleus in the late-type galaxy NGC 3621: Spitzer spectroscopic observations

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 663, Issue 1 II, 2007, Pages

  Satyapal, S ^a   Vega, D ^a   Heckman, T ^b   O'Halloran, B ^a   Dudik, R ^a,c  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Black hole physics; Galaxies: active; Galaxies: nuclei; Galaxies: spiral; Infrared: galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547176172     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/519995     Document Type: Article

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