The `Great Debate': The Case for AGNs

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1999-08-26

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9908297v1

Astrophys.Space Sci. 266 (1999) 331-348

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

LaTex, 18 pages with 4 embedded postscript figures and 3 tables. To appear in The Ringberg Workshop, `Ultraluminous Galaxies:

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We summarize the evidence from multiwavelength observations that the dominant power source in the majority of ultraluminous infrared galaxies (ULIGs) may be an active galactic nucleus (AGN). In the broader context of the debate, we also show that: 1. ULIGs are indeed a key stage in the transformation of merging gas-rich disks into ellipticals, 2. ULIGs are plausibly the precursors of quasi-stellar objects (QSOs), and 3. ULIGs do appear to be local templates of the high luminosity tail of major gas-rich mergers at z ~ 1-4.

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