Young and Intermediate Stellar population in Seyfert 2 galaxies
Abstract
We present and discuss near-ultraviolet and optical ground-based spectra of the 20 brightest Seyfert 2 nuclei, and HST ultraviolet images and ultraviolet spectroscopy for a few of them. The goal is to study the starburst-AGN connection and the origin of the featureless continuum. The results indicate that half of the nuclei in the sample harbor a young and/or intermediate age population. These stars are formed in powerful and dusty starbursts of short duration, that have bolometric luminosities similar to the estimated bolometric luminosities of their obscured Seyfert 1 nuclei.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0001104,
title = {Young and Intermediate Stellar population in Seyfert 2 galaxies},
author = {Rosa M. Gonzalez Delgado and Timothy Heckman and Claus Leitherer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0001104},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Proceedings of the JENAM Conference (Toulouse, September 1999). To be published in EDPS Conference Series in Astronomy & Astrophysics, Editor B. Rocca-Volmerange and H. Sol. 8 pages, 7 figures