Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
May 1996
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996aas...188.0415s&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, 188th AAS Meeting, #04.15; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 28, p.826
Mathematics
Logic
Scientific paper
The Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UIT) has obtained far--ultraviolet (FUV, lambda ~ 1500 Angstroms) images of several galaxies harboring starbursts and/or AGN. FUV images highlight hot, young massive stars and thus provide a unique opportunity to directly study ongoing massive star formation; the UIT images indicate that several objects contain sites of intense, relatively unobscured, massive star formation activity. We are using these images together with longer wavelength data to determine the star formation histories of these regions. We have recently obtained complementary near--infrared broad--band images of these galaxies. These images map the spatial distribution of both the underlying stellar population and recent sites of star formation. Here, we present a morphological comparison of the FUV and near--infrared emission from selected systems. The locations of star forming regions observed in the FUV are compared to the underlying morphology of the galaxy to determine how stellar bars, interactions, and spiral density waves affect the propagation of star formation. A comparison of the FUV and near--infrared morphologies also constrains the ages, optical depths, and initial mass functions (IMFs) of star forming regions. This project provides the first detailed comparison of the UV and near--infrared properties of star forming and active galaxies.
Bohlin Ralph
Bothun Greg
Collins Nathan
Fanelli Michael N.
Hollis Joan
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