Infrared galaxies: evolutionary stages of massive star formation.
Abstract
We cite evidence which indicates that infrared galaxies may represent evolutionary stages during which a large number of massive stars are being formed. The lifetimes of these stars would be rather short (1-10 million years), and the resulting supernova explosions could account for the level of nonthermal activity which often accompanies the thermal infrared emission.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- September 1975
- DOI:
- 10.1086/181913
- Bibcode:
- 1975ApJ...200L.127H
- Keywords:
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- Galactic Structure;
- Infrared Astronomy;
- Star Formation;
- Supernovae;
- Thermal Emission;
- Astrophysics;
- Galactic Evolution;
- Galactic Radiation;
- Stellar Mass;
- Astrophysics