Evidence of a pure starburst nature of the nuclear region of NGC 253

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 497, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 103-108

  Brunthaler, A ^a   Castangia, P ^a,b   Tarchi, A ^b,c   Henkel, C ^a   Reid, M J ^d   Falcke, H ^e,f   Menten, K M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^f ASTRON   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Galaxies: individual: NGC 253; Galaxies: starburst; Masers; Techniques: interferometric

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEUS; CONTINUUM EMISSIONS; CONTINUUM SOURCES; GALAXIES: INDIVIDUAL: NGC 253; GALAXIES: STARBURST; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; NGC 253; SPECTRAL LINES; STARBURST; TECHNIQUES: INTERFEROMETRIC; UPPER LIMITS; VLA OBSERVATIONS; WATER MASERS;

ELECTRON TUBES; INTERFEROMETRY; MASERS; WATER VAPOR;

GALAXIES;

EID: 63849342285     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200911615     Document Type: Article

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