Low LFIR Isolated Galaxies (IGs) from the AMIGA sample have low level of Star Formation (SF) activity. We observed the HCN(1-0) emission in a sample of IGs in order to test whether they follow the tight relation between LHCN and LFIR found for galaxies with more active SF.
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@article{arxiv.0909.4192,
title = {Does the LFIR-LHCN correlation hold for low LFIR isolated galaxies?},
author = {B. Ocana-Flaquer and S. Leon and D. Espada and S. Martin Ruiz and U. Lisenfeld and S. Verley and J. Sabater Montes and L. Verdes-Montenegro},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.4192},
year = {2009}
}
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Proceeding for the conference "Galaxies in Isolation: Exploring Nature vs. Nurture"