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Photometric studies of some starburst galaxies
We present the results of a detailed morphological analysis of ten starburst
galaxies selected from the Markarian catalogue of uv-excess objects. CCD
surface photometry of these galaxies was carried out based on observations made
in B, V (Johnson) and R, I (Kron-Cousins) band passes. We present the radial
variations of surface brightness, ellipticity, position angle and the colour
indices for each galaxy obtained using ellipse fitting isophotal analysis. The
residual images constructed for extracting the fine structure are also
presented. A variety of morphological types are found to host the starburst
phenomenon. The star formation activity is not confined to the nuclear region
alone, but it also occurs at various locations in the galaxy and is seen as
clumpy regions. The colour index and the residual images are used for deriving
information about the sites of enhanced star formation activity and the
triggers of the starburst. The luminosity profiles show an exponential
behaviour in the outer region. The disk scale lengths and the half-light radii
are derived. The contribution of the burst component has been estimated and the
colours of the burst component are presented. Strong isophotal twisting is
detected in all the S0 and E galaxies: Mrk 1002, Mrk 1308 and Mrk 14, in the
sample. This is accompanied by boxiness in some cases, suggesting that a merger
is responsible for the starburst activity in these galaxies. In case of
isolated spirals, a bar or a central oval distortion appear to be the likely
trigger for the starburst.Comment: 12 pages of text and 28 figures. Uses aastex. To be published in A&A
Assessment of PET imaging devices: the case of a LSO/NaI PET-SPECT prototype
Hoekstra, O.S. [Promotor]Lingen, A. van [Copromotor
The effect of Pressure in Higher Dimensional Quasi-Spherical Gravitational Collapse
We study gravitational collapse in higher dimensional quasi-spherical
Szekeres space-time for matter with anisotropic pressure. Both local and global
visibility of central curvature singularity has been studied and it is found
that with proper choice of initial data it is possible to show the validity of
CCC for six and higher dimensions. Also the role of pressure in the collapsing
process has been discussed.Comment: 11 pages, 6 figures, RevTeX styl
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