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Age-dating a star-burst with Gemini/CIRPASS observations of the core of M83

R. G. Sharp, I. R. Parry, S. D. Ryder, J. H. Knapen, L. M. Mazzuca

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0311346

Abstract

We present preliminary results from a set of near-IR integral field spectroscopic observations of the central, star-burst, regions of the barred spiral galaxy M83, obtained with CIRPASS on Gemini-S. We present maps in the Paschen-Beta and [FeII]1.257um emission lines which appear surprisingly different. We outline the procedure in which we will use Paschen-Beta emission line strengths and measures of CO absorption to determine the relative and absolute ages of individual star-forming knots in the central kpc region of M83.

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