The AGN-Starburst Connection

这一提议将支持一个为期3年的项目，该项目将对尘埃活跃星系核（AGN）和发光星暴星系之间的关系进行观测研究。在许多星系中都发现了这两种现象——星暴（starbursts）和AGN （AGN被认为是由一个巨大的致密物体在星系核心吸积物质时产生的引力能），越来越多的证据表明它们之间可能存在偶然或进化的关系。该研究项目的重点将是利用加州大学圣地亚哥分校B. Jones和R. Puetter在夏威夷莫纳克亚山上的10米W.M. Keck望远镜上新开发的中红外成像光谱仪对星暴和AGN进行成像和光谱观测。还将利用加州大学光学设施和国家无线电设施进行辅助观测。

ABSTRACT AST-9319895 Smith, Harding This proposal will support a 3-year program of observational studies of the relationship between dusty active galactic nuclei (AGN) and luminous Starburst galaxies. The two phenomena -Starbursts, where rapid formation of massive, hot, young stars produces high luminous energy output, and AGN, thought to be powered by gravitational energy as a massive compact object accretes material at the nucleus of a galaxy-are found together in many galaxies and there is an increasing body of evidence that there may be a casual or evolutionary relationship between them. The focus of this research program will be imaging and spectroscopic observations of Starbursts and AGN using a newly developed mid-infrared imaging spectrometer, constructed at UCSD by B. Jones and R. Puetter, on the 10-meter W.M. Keck Telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Supporting observations, using University of California optical facilities and national radio facilities will also be made.