The radio structures of ultraluminous IRAS galaxies

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Galactic Structure, Infrared Astronomy Satellite, Luminosity, Radio Galaxies, Emission Spectra, Galactic Nuclei, Radio Spectra, Very Large Array (Vla)

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Multifrequency radio observations are presented of five ultraluminous IRAS galaxies, Arp 220, Mkn 273, UGC 05101, IRAS 08572 + 3915 and IRAS 15250 + 3609, made with the VLA in three array configurations; a MERLIN map of UGC 05101 at 1.66 GHz; and integrated flux measurements at 151 MHz with the CLFST for all five galaxies. Although the radio emission from these objects tends to be concentrated within the central 1 kpc, it is not from a compact active nucleus, and there is evidence for extended radio emission in each case. Three of the galaxies show low-frequency turnovers in their spectra which may be caused by thermal absorption of their nonthermal spectra. It is concluded that in each object almost all of the radio and far-infrared emission is associated with circumnuclear or disk-wide star formation and not with active nuclei, although the observations do not preclude the existence of active nuclei in these galaxies.

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