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The nature of the luminous X-ray emission of NGC 6240

Stefanie Komossa, Hartmut Schulz

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/9902313

Abstract

We briefly review and extend our discussion of the ROSAT detection of the extraordinarily luminous (> 1042 erg/s) partly extended (> 30 kpc diameter) X-ray emission from the ultraluminous infrared galaxy NGC 6240. The `standard'-model of starburst outflow is contrasted with alternatives and a comparison with the X-ray properties of ellipticals is performed.

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