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- Title
Ultraviolet Emission from Star-formation in Selected Gas-rich Early-type Galaxies.
- Authors
Leeuw, Lerothodi L.; Montmerle, Thierry
- Abstract
We present GALEX ultraviolet (UV) emission results of star-formation in a small sample of nearby, gas-rich early-type galaxies. The first observational evidence of star-formation in this sample was presented by Leeuw et al.2008, using 350 μm continuum data. The measured far-infrared (far-IR) excess of these galaxies showed that the most likely and dominant heating source of the observed 350 μm continuum emission from dust is star-formation, that could have been triggered by an accretion or merger event. Consistent with starbursts that are less than 1 Gyr (e.g., Kaviraj 2010), the GALEX near-UV (NUV) minus SDSS r-band emission of the galaxies is < 5.5. The UV results corroborate those of mid-IR to radio data for the sample.
- Publication
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 2012, Vol 10, Issue H16, p126
- ISSN
1743-9213
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S1743921314004876