2004/07/27 by S. Lipari, S. Lípari, Rubén Díaz +12 · 4 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.08213.x
5 pages, 5 figures, Contect Replac., accepted MN-RAS
arxiv created 2004/07/27 · openalex publication_date 2004/09/30 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
We have studied the extreme starburst in the infrared merger NGC 3256. We detect four galactic bubbles (using ESO New Technology Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 Hα images). These shells would be associated with previous supernova explosions. The first analysis of the spatial distribution of young star cluster candidates shows that more than 90 per cent of them are located in a complex starburst structure, including some of the bubble walls, three nuclei and three blue asymmetrical spiral arms. We have made a kinematic study of the ionized gas in the core of the main optical nucleus, performed with HST STIS spectra. The shape of the rotation curve and the emission‐line profile can be explained by the presence in the core of young star clusters with outflow. Any low‐luminosity active galactic nucleus associated with this core would have a mass less than 107 M⊙. It is also probable that the compact X‐ray and radio emission of ULX(7)N – the source coincident with the main optical nucleus – is the result of a few recent supernova remnants.