2010/11/15 by M. Pereira-Santaella, A. Alonso‐Herrero, Pereira-Santaella, Miguel +9
Physics and Astronomy · #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1011.3435
We are carrying out detailed study of the X-ray and infrared (IR) properties of a sample of local (d < 70 Mpc) luminous infrared galaxies (LIRGs) using XMM-Newton and Spitzer (imaging and spectroscopy). The main goal is to study the extreme processes of star formation and/or active galactic nuclei (AGN) taking place in this cosmologically important class of galaxies. In this proceedings we present the preliminary results obtained from the analysis of the XMM-Newton X-ray images and the X-ray spectral modeling.