The role of starburst-active galactic nucleus composites in luminous infrared galaxy mergers: insights from the new optical classification scheme

Yuan, Tiantian; Kewley, Lisa; Sanders, David

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The role of starburst-active galactic nucleus composites in luminous infrared galaxy mergers: insights from the new optical classification scheme

Date

2010

Authors

Yuan, Tiantian

Kewley, Lisa

Sanders, David

Publisher

IOP Publishing

Abstract

We investigate the fraction of starbursts, starburst-active galactic nucleus (AGN) composites, Seyferts, and low-ionization narrow emission-line region galaxies (LINERs) as a function of infrared luminosity (LIR) and merger progress for ∼500 infrared (I