Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2002-11-13
Astron.Astrophys.399:39-50,2003
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Revised version: corrected typos in tables 1 and 2, one reference added. 13 pages, 7 figures. Astronomy & Astrophysics, in pre
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20021600
Radio and far infrared luminosities of star-forming galaxies follow a tight linear relation. Making use of ASCA and BeppoSAX observations of a well-defined sample of nearby star-forming galaxies, we argue that tight linear relations hold between the X-ray, radio and far infrared luminosities. The effect of intrinsic absorption is investigated taking NGC3256 as a test case. It is suggested that the hard X-ray emission is directly related to the Star Formation Rate. Star formation processes may also account for most of the 2-10 keV emission from LLAGNs of lower X-ray luminosities (for the same FIR and radio luminosity). Deep Chandra observations of a sample of radio-selected star-forming galaxies in the Hubble Deep Field North show that the same relation holds also at high (0.2< z< 1.3) redshift. The X-ray/radio relations also allow a derivation of X-ray number counts up to very faint fluxes from the radio Log N-Log S, which is consistent with current limits and models. Thus the contribution of star-forming galaxies to the X-ray background can be estimated.
Comastri Andrea
Ranalli Piero
Setti Giancarlo
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