We investigate the fraction of starbursts, starburst-AGN composites, Seyferts, and LINERs as a function of infrared luminosity (L_IR) and merger progress for ~500 infrared-selected galaxies. Using...
The High-Metallicity Explosion Environment of the Relativistic Supernova 2009bb (2009)
Levesque, E. M., Soderberg, A. M., Foley, R. J., Berger, E., Kewley, L. J., Chakraborti, S., ...
We investigate the environment of the nearby (d ~ 40Mpc) broad-lined Type Ic supernova SN 2009bb. This event was observed to produce a relativistic outflow likely powered by a central accreting...
First direct metallicity measurement of a lensed star-forming galaxy at z=1.7 (2009)
We present the rest-frame optical spectrum of a strongly lensed galaxy at redshift z =1.7 behind the cluster Abell 1689. We detect the temperature sensitive auroral line [O III] 4363, which allows...
GOALS: The Great Observatories All-Sky LIRG Survey (2009)
Armus, L., Mazzarella, J. M., Evans, A. S., Surace, J. A., Sanders, D. B., Iwasawa, K., ...
The Great Observatories All-sky LIRG Survey (GOALS) combines data from NASA's Spitzer, Chandra, Hubble and GALEX observatories, together with ground-based data into a comprehensive imaging and...
Unusually High Metallicity Host Of The Dark LGRB 051022 (2009)
Graham, J. F., Fruchter, A. S., Kewley, L. J., Levesque, E. M., Levan, A. J., Tanvir, N. R., ...
We present spectroscopy of the host of GRB 051022 with GMOS nod and shuffle on Gemini South and NIRSPEC on Keck II. We determine a metallicity for the host of log(O/H)+12 = 8.77 using the R23 method...
GRB 070714B - Discovery of the Highest Spectroscopically Confirmed Short Burst Redshift (2008)
Graham, J. F., Fruchter, A. S., Levan, A. J., Melandri, A., Kewley, L. J., Levesque, E. M., ...
We detect the optical afterglow and host galaxy of GRB 070714B. Our observations of the afterglow show an initial plateau in the lightcurve for approximately the first 5 to 25 minutes, then...
The host of GRB 060206: Kinematics of a distant galaxy (2008)
Thöne, C.C., Wiersema, K., Ledoux, C., Starling, R.L.C., Ugarte Postigo, A. De, Levan, A.J., ...
Context. GRB afterglow spectra are sensitive probes of interstellar matter along the line-of-sight in their host galaxies, as well as in intervening galaxies. The rapid fading of GRBs makes it very...
PHOTOIONIZATION, SHOCKS OR STARBURSTS? (2007)
M. A. Dopita, L. J. Kewley, R. S. Sutherl
ópticos han sido utilizados para tratar de distinguir entre los varios modos de excitación en regiones nucleares de emisión en galaxias normales y activas. Recientemente se ha hecho gran progreso...
PHOTOIONIZATION, SHOCKS OR STARBURSTS? (2007)
M. A. Dopita, L. J. Kewley, R. S. Sutherl
opticos han sido utilizados para tratar de distinguir entre los varios modos de excitacion en regiones nucleares de emision en galaxias normales y activas. Recientemente se ha hecho gran progreso...
L. J. Kewley, M. A. Dopita, C. A. Heisler, R. S. Sutherl
Recalibramos la secuencia de abundancias de regiones H II extragalácticas y comparamos modelos de fotoionización y de choques para una muestra luminosa de galaxias australes con brotes de...
RevMexAA (Serie de Conferencias), 9, 163-165 (2000) (2007)
Photoionization And Shock, L. J. Kewley, M. A. Dopita, C. A. Heisler, R. S. Sutherl
We recalibrate the abundance sequence for extragalactic H II regions and compare photoionization and shock models for a luminous sub-sample of southern starburst galaxies. We nd H II regions are...
Photoionization, shocks or starbursts? (2006)
M. A. Dopita, R. S. Sutherland, L. J. Kewley
Photoionization, shocks or starbursts?
M. A. Dopita, C. A. Heisler, R. S. Sutherland, B. Rocca Volmerange, L. J. Kewley, E. Moy
Photoionization and shock modelling of the h II region abundance sequence and of luminous infrared galaxies
Mid-Infrared Spectral Diagnostics of Nuclear and Extra-Nuclear Regions in Nearby Galaxies (2006)
Dale, D. A., Smith, J. D. T., Armus, L., Buckalew, B. A., Helou, G., Kennicutt, R. C., ...
Mid-infrared diagnostics are presented for a large portion of the Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey (SINGS) sample plus archival data from the Infrared Space Observatory and the Spitzer Space...
Dopita, M. A., Fischera, J., Sutherland, R. S., Kewley, L. J., Leitherer, C., Tuffs, R. J., ...
We build, as far as theory will permit, self-consistent model H II regions around central clusters of aging stars. These produce strong emission line diagnostics applicable to either individual H II...
Murphy, E. J., Braun, R., Helou, G., Armus, L., Kenney, J. D. P., Gordon, K. D., ...
We present an initial look at the far-infrared-radio correlation within the star-forming disks of four nearby, nearly face-on galaxies (NGC 2403, NGC 3031, NGC 5194, and NGC 6946). Using Spitzer MIPS...
Mid-Infrared Spectral Diagnostics of Nuclear and Extranuclear Regions in Nearby Galaxies (2006)
Dale, D. A., Smith, J. D. T., Armus, L., Buckalew, B. A., Helou, G., Kennicutt, R. C., ...
Mid-infrared diagnostics are presented for a large portion of the Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey (SINGS) sample plus archival data from ISO and Spitzer. The SINGS data set includes low- and...
Kewley, L. J., Geller, M. J., Barton, E. J.
We derive the first luminosity-metallicity relation for a large objectively selected sample of local galaxy pairs and we compare the pairs LZ relation with the relation for the Nearby Field Galaxy...
Murphy, E. J., Braun, R., Helou, G., Armus, L., Kenney, J. D. P., Gordon, K. D., ...
(Abridged) We present an initial look at the far infrared-radio correlation within the star-forming disks of four nearby, nearly face-on galaxies (NGC 2403, NGC 3031, NGC 5194, and NGC 6946). Using...
Infrared Spectral Energy Distributions of Nearby Galaxies (2005)
Dale, D. A., Bendo, G. J., Engelbracht, C. W., Gordon, K. D., Regan, M. W., Armus, L., ...
The Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey (SINGS) is carrying out a comprehensive multi-wavelength survey on a sample of 75 nearby galaxies. The 1-850um spectral energy distributions are presented...
Aperture effects on Star Formation Rate, Metallicity and Reddening (2005)
Kewley, L. J., Jansen, R. A., Geller, M. J.
(Abridged) We use 101 galaxies selected from the Nearby Field Galaxy Survey (NFGS) to investigate the effect of aperture size on the star formation rate, metallicity and reddening determinations for...
Dopita, M. A., Groves, B. A., Fischera, J., Sutherland, R. S., Tuffs, R. J., Popescu, C. C., ...
In this paper, we combine the stellar spectral synthesis code STARBURST99, the nebular modeling code MAPPINGS IIIq, a one-dimensional dynamical evolution model of H II regions around massive clusters...
Infrared spectral energy distributions of nearby Galaxies (2005)
Dale, D. A., Bendo, G. J., Engelbracht, C. W., Gordon, K. D., Regan, M. W., Armus, L., ...
The Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey (SINGS) is carrying out a comprehensive multiwavelength survey on a sample of 75 nearby galaxies. The 1-850 mum spectral energy distributions (SEDs) are...
Starburst galaxies in the far-infrared. Modelling the line, PAH and dust continuum emission (2005)
Dopita, M. A., Brent, A., Groves, B. A., Fischera, J., Sutherland, R. S., Tuffs, Richard J., ...
Modelling the pan-spectral energy distributions of Starburst and active galaxies (2004)
Dopita, M. A., Fischera, Jörg, Groves, B., Sutherland, R. S., Kewley, L. J., Tuffs, R. J., ...
SINGS: The SIRTF Nearby Galaxies Survey (2003)
Kennicutt, R. C., Armus, L., Bendo, G., Calzetti, D., Dale, D. A., ...
The SIRTF Nearby Galaxy Survey is a comprehensive infrared imaging and spectroscopic survey of 75 nearby galaxies. Its primary goal is to characterize the infrared emission of galaxies and their...
Dopita, M. A., Groves, B. A., Sutherland, R. S., Kewley, L. J.
Star formation rates in galaxies are frequently estimated using the Balmer line fluxes. However, these can be systematically underestimated because dust competes for the absorption of Lyman continuum...
COLA II - Radio and Spectroscopic Diagnostics of Nuclear Activity in Galaxies (2002)
Corbett, E. A., Kewley, L. J., Appleton, P. N., Charmandaris, V., Dopita, M. A., Heisler, C. A., ...
We present optical spectroscopic observations of 93 galaxies taken from the infra-red selected COLA (Compact Objects in Low Power AGN) sample. The sample spans the range of far-IR luminosities from...
The H-alpha and Infrared Star Formation Rates for the Nearby Field Galaxy Survey (2002)
Kewley, L. J., Geller, M. J., Jansen, R. A., Dopita, M. A.
We investigate the H-alpha and infrared star formation rate (SFR) diagnostics for galaxies in the Nearby Field Galaxy Survey (NFGS). For the 81 galaxies in our sample, we derive H-alpha fluxes...
Using Strong Lines to Estimate Abundances in Extragalactic HII Regions and Starburst Galaxies (2002)
We have used a combination of stellar population synthesis and photoionization models to develop a set of ionization parameter and abundance diagnostics based only on the use of the strong optical...
Photoionization, shocks or starbursts? (2002)
Dopita , M. A., Kewley , L. J., Sutherland , R. S.
Since Baldwin, Phillips, & Terlevich and Osterbrock & Veilleux popularized their use, optical diagnostic plots have been used to attempt to distinguish between the various modes of excitation in...
Theoretical Modeling of Starburst Galaxies (2001)
Kewley, L. J., Dopita, M. A., Sutherland, R. S., Heisler, C. A., Trevena, J.
We have modeled a large sample of infrared starburst galaxies using both the PEGASE v2.0 and STARBURST99 codes to generate the spectral energy distribution of the young star clusters. PEGASE utilizes...
Dopita , M. A., Heisler , C. A., Kewley , L. J., Moy , E., Rocca Volmerange, B., Sutherland , R. S.
We recalibrate the abundance sequence for extragalactic H II regions and compare photoionization and shock models for a luminous sub-sample of southern starburst galaxies. We nd H II regions are...
Arrival Directions of the Southern Highest Energy Cosmic Rays (1996)
Kewley, L. J., Clay, Roger William, Dawson, Bruce Robert
Copyright © 1996 Published by Elsevier B.V.
Arrival Directions of the Southern Highest Energy Cosmic Rays (1996)
Kewley, L. J., Clay, Roger William, Dawson, Bruce Robert
Copyright © 1996 Published by Elsevier B.V.