The ultraviolet flare at the center of the elliptical galaxy NGC 4278 (research note)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 508, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 641-644

  Cardullo, A ^a   Corsini, E M ^a   Beifiori, A ^a   Buson, L M ^b   Dalla Bonta E ^a   Morelli, L ^a   Pizzella, A ^a   Bertola, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Black hole physics; Galaxies: active; Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; Galaxies: individual: NGC 4278; Galaxies: nuclei ultraviolet: galaxies

Indexed keywords

BLACK HOLE PHYSICS; GALAXIES : ACTIVE; GALAXIES: ELLIPTICAL AND LENTICULAR, CD; GALAXIES: INDIVIDUAL: NGC 4278; GALAXIES: NUCLEI -ULTRAVIOLET: GALAXIES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; GRAVITATION; IONIZATION OF GASES; LUMINANCE; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SPACE TELESCOPES; SPHERES; STARS;

GALAXIES;

EID: 77955078960     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200913046     Document Type: Article

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