The western nucleus of Arp 220. Monitoring its maser line and continuum structures.

Emmanouel Rovilos; Philip J. Diamond; Colin J. Lonsdale; Carol J. Lonsdale; Harding E. Smith

The western nucleus of Arp 220. Monitoring its maser line and continuum structures.

Emmanouel Rovilos, Philip J. Diamond, Colin J. Lonsdale, Carol J. Lonsdale, Harding E. Smith

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Abstract

High angular resoln. imaging of Arp 220 has revealed that the small scale continuum emission breaks down into several compact components, identified as radio supernovae. Their existence proves that the energetically important source in the core of Arp 220 is a massive starburst. We have monitored the supernovae using the VLBA for a period of 6.5 years and present the light curves of the most luminous sources. They seem to be decaying slower than previously thought and that might have implications in the starburst model, given that the no. of new sources is also lower than predicted. [on SciFinder (R)]

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series
Volume	320
Publication status	Published - 2004

Keywords

Masers (cosmic; monitoring maser line and continuum structures of western nucleus of Arp 220); Starburst galaxies; Supernovas (monitoring maser line and continuum structures of western nucleus of Arp 220)

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The western nucleus of Arp 220. Monitoring its maser line and continuum structures.

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