The AGN-Starburst Connection

AGN-星爆连接

• 批准号: 9617126
• 负责人: Harding Smith
• 金额: $ 28.8万
• 依托单位: University of California-San Diego
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-07-01 至 2000-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9617126&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: AGN; Starburst; Connection

Smith, Harding 96-17126 Dr. Smith will continue his program of observational studies of the relationship between dusty active galactic nuclei and luminous starburst galaxies. The two phenomena starbursts, where rapid formation of massive, hot, young stars produces high luminous energy output, and active galactic nuclei, 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 evidence that there may be a causal or evolutionary relationship between them. Images will be obtained of galaxies to determine the distribution of emissions and to separate extended emissions, so that models for these galaxies can be constructed and theories about the evolution of these systems may be directly tested.

史密斯博士将继续他的观测研究计划，研究多尘的活动星系核和明亮的星暴星系之间的关系。在许多星系中都发现了两种现象星暴，其中快速形成的大质量，热的年轻恒星产生高光能量输出，以及活跃的星系核，被认为是由引力能提供动力，因为一个巨大的致密物体在星系的核心积聚物质，有证据表明它们之间可能存在因果关系或进化关系。将获得星系的图像，以确定发射的分布并分离扩展发射，以便可以构建这些星系的模型，并可以直接测试有关这些系统演化的理论。