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Hidden Quasars in Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies

H. D. Tran, M. S. Brotherton, S. A. Stanford, W. van Breugel

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/9811322

Abstract

Many ultraluminous infrared galaxies (ULIRGs) are powered by quasars hidden in the center, but many are also powered by starbursts. A simply diagnostic diagram is proposed that can identify obscured quasars in ULIRGs by their high-ionization emission lines ([O III] 5007/Hbeta >~ 5), and ``warm'' IR color (f25/f60 >~ 0.25).

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