Astrophysical: Galaxies

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    Integral Field Spectroscopy of Markarian 273: Mapping High-Velocity Gas Flows and an Off-Nucleus Seyfert 2 Nebula
    Integral field optical spectroscopy with the INTEGRAL fiber-based system is used to map the extended ionized regions and gas flows in Mrk 273, one of the...
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    Integral field spectroscopy of nearby quasi-stellar objects - II. Molecular gas content and conditions for star formation
    We present single-dish 12CO(1-0) and 12CO(2-1) observations for 14 low-redshift quasi-stellar objects (QSOs). In combination with optical integral field...
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    Integral field spectroscopy of nitrogen overabundant blue compact dwarf galaxies
    Context. The oxygen and nitrogen-to-oxygen abundances relation is characterized by a plateau around log(N/O) = -1.6 at metallicities lower than 12+log(O/H) ~ 8...
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    Integral Field Spectroscopy of the Central Regions of 3C 120: Evidence of a Past Merging Event
    Optical integral field spectroscopy (IFS), combined with Hubble Space Telescope (HST) WFPC imaging, was used to characterize the central regions of the Seyfert...
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    INTEGRAL Field Spectroscopy of the Extended Ionized Gas in Arp 220
    Integral field optical spectroscopy with the INTEGRAL system has been used to investigate for the first time the two-dimensional kinematic and ionization...
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    Integral Field Spectroscopy of the Luminous Infrared Galaxy Arp 299 (IC 694 + NGC 3690)
    The luminous infrared galaxy Arp 299 (IC 694 + NGC 3690) is studied using optical integral field spectroscopy obtained with the INTEGRAL system, together with...
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    INTEGRAL Spectroscopy of IRAS 17208-0014: Implications for the Evolutionary Scenarios of Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies
    New integral field optical fiber spectroscopy obtained with the INTEGRAL system, together with archival HST WFPC2 and NICMOS images, has been used to...
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    Integral-field kinematics and stellar populations of early-type galaxies out to three half-light radii
    We observed 12 nearby H i-detected early-type galaxies (ETGs) of stellar mass ˜1010 M⊙ ≤ M* ≤ ˜1011 M⊙ with the Mitchell Integral-Field Spectrograph, reaching...
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    Integrated-light analyses vs. colour-magnitude diagrams. II. Leo A: an extremely young dwarf in the Local Group
    Context. Most of our knowledge of the stellar component of galaxies is based on the analysis of distant systems and comes from integrated light data. It is...