The X-Ray Properties of Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies (uligs)

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Sep 2002

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Chandra Proposal ID #04700768

Physics

Chandra Proposal Id #04700768

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Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies (ULIGs) are of fundamental importance in many areas, including their large contribution to the submillimeter/far-infrared background, the role played by galactic mergers in forming some or all elliptical galaxies, the triggering of circumnuclear starbursts and their ``superwinds'', the potential growth and fuelling of massive black holes and the origin of quasars. Progress in understanding ULIGs is limited by uncertainty in whether the high luminosity results from a starburst or accretion onto a massive black hole. We argue that Chandra X-ray observations are the best means of resolving this controversy and propose a survey of 16 ULIGs covering the full range of their luminosities and infrared colors.

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