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IR and X-ray luminosity in Luminous Infrared Galaxies

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dc.contributor Iwasawa, Kazushi
dc.contributor Bosch i Ramon, Valentí
dc.creator Torres Albà, Núria
dc.date 2016-02-25T12:48:26Z
dc.date 2016-02-25T12:48:26Z
dc.date 2015-07-03
dc.date.accessioned 2024-12-16T10:22:03Z
dc.date.available 2024-12-16T10:22:03Z
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/2445/95853
dc.identifier.uri http://fima-docencia.ub.edu:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/13681
dc.description Màster d'Astrofísica, Física de Partícules i Cosmologia, Facultat de Física, Universitat de Barcelona, Curs: 2014-2015, Tutors: Kazushi Iwasawa i Valentí Bosch Ramon
dc.description In this work, X-ray data for a sample of 59 luminous infrared galaxies (LIRGs), obtained with the Chandra X-ray Observatory is presented. These are observations of the lower luminosity portion of the Great Observatory All-sky LIRG Survey (GOALS), which includes the most luminous infrared selected galaxies, log(Lir=L ) 11:05, in the local universe, z 0:088.With combined X-ray and mid infrared diagnostics for AGN, AGN are found in 32 % of the objects. Objects without traces of AGN appear to be underluminous in X-rays, compared to the previously derived far infrared and X-ray correlations for starburst galaxies at lower star formation rates. Our results suggest the previous claim that star formation rate can be directly inferred from X-ray luminosity may not hold for dusty galaxies like LIRGs.
dc.format 30 p.
dc.format application/pdf
dc.language eng
dc.rights cc-by-nc-nd (c) Torres Alba, 2015
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.source Màster Oficial - Astrofísica, Física de Partícules i Cosmologia
dc.subject Galàxies
dc.subject Espectroscòpia infraroja
dc.subject Raigs X
dc.subject Treballs de fi de màster
dc.subject Galàxies
dc.subject Infrared spectroscopy
dc.subject X-rays
dc.subject Master's theses
dc.title IR and X-ray luminosity in Luminous Infrared Galaxies
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis


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