2001/09/06 by A. Chitre, Chitre, A., U. C. Joshi +1
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0109079
To appear in Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, 17 pages, 10 Encapsulated Postscript figures, uses aastex
arxiv created 2001/09/06 · openalex publication_date 2001/09/06 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We present broad band R and narrow band Halpha emission line images of a sample of optically selected starburst galaxies from the Markarian lists. The emission line morphology is studied and global properties like luminosities, equivalent widths and star formation rates are derived. The radial distribution of Halpha flux and the EW are determined using concentric aperture photometry on the emission line and the continuum images. Halpha flux is generally found to peak in the nuclear region and fall off outwards. The EW is found to peak off-center in most of the cases implying that though the intensity of emission is maximum at the nucleus, the star formation activity relative to the underlying continuum often peaks away from the center in Markarian starburst galaxies.