X-ray Emission from Lyman Break Galaxy Analogs (UVLGs)

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Mar 2008

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American Astronomical Society, HEAD meeting #10, #39.06

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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GALEX-selected Ultraviolet-Luminous Galaxies (UVLGs) appear to include an interesting subset of galaxies that are analogs to the distant (3 < z < 4) Lyman Break Galaxies. The 2-10 keV X-ray emission of LBGs appear to be broadly similar to that of galaxies in the local Universe, possibly indicating similarity in the production of accreting binaries over large evolutionary timescales in the Universe. Given the very large distances to the LBGs, we have elected to use the UVLGs as possible local-Universe LBG analogs. This technique is showing promise; we have detected luminous X-ray emission from one UVLG (which we call UVLG02) that permits basic X-ray spectroscopic analysis, and have direct X-ray constraints on a total of 6 UVLGs. UVLG02 appears to be more X-ray luminous than NGC 3256, the most X-ray luminous star-forming galaxy within the local Universe. We discuss the importance of studying star-forming systems at such high X-ray luminosities.

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