Hot diffuse emission in the nuclear starburst region of NGC 2903

We present a deep Chandra observation of the central regions of the late-type barred spiral galaxy NGC 2903. The Chandra data reveal soft (kTe ~ 0.2-0.5 keV) diffuse emission in the nuclear starburst region and extending ~2' (~5 kpc) to the north and west of the nucleus. Much of this soft hot...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yukita, M., Swartz, D., Tennant, A., Soria, Roberto, Irwin, J.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Institute of Physics Publishing, Inc. 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36785