The nature of the luminous X-ray emission of NGC 6240
Abstract
We briefly review and extend our discussion of the ROSAT detection of the extraordinarily luminous (>10^42} erg/s) partly extended (>30 kpc diameter) X-ray emission from the ultraluminous infrared galaxy NGC 6240. The `standard'-model of starburst outflow is contrasted with alternatives and a comparison with the X-ray properties of ellipticals is performed.
- Publication:
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Astrophysics and Space Science
- Pub Date:
- 1999
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/9902313
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/9902313
- Bibcode:
- 1999Ap&SS.266...61K
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 6 pages incl. 2 figures, uses crckapb.sty. To appear in the proc. of the Ringberg workshop on "Ultraluminous Galaxies: Monsters or Babies" (Ringberg castle, Sept. 1998), Ap&