Optical Monitor Observations of Extended UV Disks

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Oct 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007xmm..prop...69k&link_type=abstract

XMM-Newton Proposal ID #05520801

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Galaxies, Galactic Surveys, M83, Xmm-Newton Proposal Id #05520801

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One of the early results from the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) Nearby Galaxies Survey (NGS) is the discovery of conspicuous UV emission extending significantly beyond the optical disks of some spiral galaxies, into regions where the gas density was believed to be too low to support star formation. We propose to use the high angular resolution and large FOV of the XMM Optical Monitor to resolve the star-forming regions responsible for this UV emission in a small sample of extended UV disk galaxies. The simultaneous X-ray observations may provide valuable constraints on the mass function of the star clusters and provide valuable insight into star-forming processes at such low surface densities.

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