X-ray emission along a chronological merging galaxy sequence

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Oct 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005xmm..prop...54g&link_type=abstract

XMM-Newton Proposal ID #04013807

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Galaxies, Galactic Surveys, Ngc 6052, Ngc 7585, Ngc 2914, Arp 221, Xmm-Newton Proposal 04013807

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It is widely accepted that merging is an important mode of galaxy formation. Unlike other wavelengths however, X-rays are strikingly underrepresented in galaxy merger studies. This is a major drawback since X-rays are the only tool available to probe the hot gas and X-ray binaries, particularly in the extreme starburst environments produced by mergers. This proposal aims to address this issue by exploiting XMM's sensitivity to characterise the X-ray properties of a large pre- and post-merger sample ordered into a time sequence to perform the following studies: (i) explore the evolution of their X-ray properties during the merging, (ii) investigate evolutionary links between post-mergers and old ellipticals and (iii) search for buried Compton-thick AGNs during interactions.

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