Integral-field spectroscopy in the IR: Gemini-CIRPASS observations and star-formation history in the nucleus of M83

Sharp, R.; Ryder, S.; Knapen, J.; Mazzuca, L.; Parry, I.
Referencia bibliográfica

Starbursts: From 30 Doradus to Lyman Break Galaxies, Held in Cambridge, UK, 6-10 September 2004. Edited by R. de Grijs and R.M. González Delgado. Astrophysics & Space Science Library, Vol. 329. Dordrecht: Springer, 2005, p.P72

Advertised on:
5
2005
Número de autores
5
Número de autores del IAC
0
Número de citas
0
Número de citas referidas
0
Descripción
We present Gemini-South observations of the nuclear starburst region of M83, using the CIRPASS near-IR integral-field spectrograph. Spectroscopic diagnostics are used to overcome many of the uncertainties inherent to photometric studies of the star-formation history of the central region of M83. We use Paβ and [Fe II] emission, and absorption in the CO(6,3) band head, to infer an age gradient, as opposed to stochastic star formation, across the nuclear star-forming region of M83.