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Young and Intermediate Stellar population in Seyfert 2 galaxies

2000/01/07 by R. M. González Delgado, Rosa M. Gonzalez Delgado, Timothy Heckman +5
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0001104

Proceedings of the JENAM Conference (Toulouse, September 1999). To be published in EDPS Conference Series in Astronomy & Astrophysics, Editor B. Rocca-Volmerange and H. Sol. 8 pages, 7 figures

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Abstract

We present and discuss near-ultraviolet and optical ground-based spectra of the 20 brightest Seyfert 2 nuclei, and HST ultraviolet images and ultraviolet spectroscopy for a few of them. The goal is to study the starburst-AGN connection and the origin of the featureless continuum. The results indicate that half of the nuclei in the sample harbor a young and/or intermediate age population. These stars are formed in powerful and dusty starbursts of short duration, that have bolometric luminosities similar to the estimated bolometric luminosities of their obscured Seyfert 1 nuclei.

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