X-ray study of local infrared bright galaxies
Jiménez-Bailón, E.; Santos-Lleo, M.; Rieke, G. H.; Ward, M.; Pereira-Santaella, M.; Alonso-Herrero, A.
Spain, United States, Mexico, United Kingdom
Abstract
We are carrying out detailed study of the X-ray and infrared (IR) properties of a sample of local (d < 70 Mpc) luminous infrared galaxies (LIRGs) using XMM-Newton and Spitzer (imaging and spectroscopy). The main goal is to study the extreme processes of star formation and/or active galactic nuclei (AGN) taking place in this cosmologically important class of galaxies. In this proceedings we present the preliminary results obtained from the analysis of the XMM-Newton X-ray images and the X-ray spectral modeling.