SUMMARY OF PROPOSAL 62120
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
3400 NORTH CHARLES STREET
BALTIMORE
MD USA 21218
Tel: 410-516-6265 Fax: 410-516-5096
Medium: CD ROM
Subject: AGN
ADDRESSING THE FUNDAMENTAL NATURE OF THE ENERGY SOURCE IN SEYFERT GALAXIES
ABSTRACT
The most important unanswered question concerning the Seyfert galaxy phenomenon is the fundamental nature of the energy source. Is this entirely an AGN "monster" or is there a contribution from massive hot stars? We propose a 40 ksec observation of IC 3639, a Seyfert 2 galaxy with evidence of a circumnuclear starburst, to complete a small sample of such objects with ASCA data and thus increase our ability to distinguish between these energy sources. Combined with X-ray data of similar objects, this will (1) provide a new tool for testing the importance of starbursts in the Seyfert phenomenon, (2) allow us to 'flag' Seyfert 2s with a strong starburst contribution, and (3) determine whether Seyfert 2s with starbursts contain deeply buried Seyfert 1 nuclei.
CO-INVESTIGATORS
TARGETS
| TARGET NAME | PRI | RA | DEC | TIME | TC | OFF | GIS | SIS CNT | OBS |
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| 1)IC 3639 | 2 | 190.2146 | -36.7535 | 40 ks | N | Y | P | 0.04000 | 1 |