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The starburst-AGN connection: the role of stellar clusters in AGNs |
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| Authors: | R M González Delgado V M Muñoz Marín E Pérez H R Schmitt R Cid Fernandes |
| Institution: | 1. Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (CSIC), Granada, Spain 2. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, USA 3. Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Santa Catarina, Brasil |
| Abstract: | Nuclear stellar clusters are a common phenomenon in spirals and in starburst galaxies, and they may be a natural consequence of the star formation processes in the central regions of galaxies. HST UV imaging of a few Seyfert 2 galaxies have resolved nuclear starbursts in Seyfert 2 revealing stellar clusters as the main components of the extended emission. However, we do not know whether stellar clusters are always associated with all types of nuclear activity. We present HST NUV and optical images to study the role that stellar clusters play in different types of AGNs. Also with these images, we study the circumnuclear dust morphology as a probe of the circumnuclear environment of AGNs. |
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