FAR-INFRARED FINE-STRUCTURE LINE DIAGNOSTICS OF ULTRALUMINOUS INFRARED GALAXIES

We present Herschel observations of 6 fine-structure lines in 25 ultraluminous infrared galaxies at z < 0.27. The lines, [O III]52 μm, [N III]57 μm, [O I]63 μm, [N II]122 μm, [O I]145 μm, and [C II]158 μm, are mostly single Gaussians with widths <600 km s-1 and luminosities of 107-109...

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Main Authors: Farrah, D, Lebouteiller, V, Spoon, H, Bernard-Salas, J, Pearson, C, Rigopoulou, D, Smith, H, Gonzalez-Alfonso, E, Clements, D, Efstathiou, A, Cormier, D, Afonso, J, Petty, S, Harris, K, Hurley, P, Borys, C, Verma, A, Cooray, A, Salvatelli, V
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Physics Publishing 2013