Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Aug 2004
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004head....8.2632z&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, HEAD meeting #8, #26.32; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 36, p.964
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Scientific paper
We present results from the Chandra observation of the nearby star-forming galaxy NGC3310. NGC3310 is one of the most X-ray luminous star-forming galaxies in the nearby universe ({LX ˜1041 erg/s}). Its X-ray emission is resolved into 24 X-ray sources down to a detection limit of {3×1037 erg/s} and a strong diffuse component. The X-ray sources follow very closely the star-forming regions within the galaxy. We detect a very weak X-ray source in the nuclear region of the galaxy, which shows that its high X-ray luminosity is due to star-formation rather than a hidden AGN.
This work is partly supported by NASA grants GO2-3111X and NAG5-13056
Fabbiano Giuseppina
Georgantopoulos Ioannis
Prestwich Andrea
Ward Martin
Zezas Andreas
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