[48.20] Demographics of Starbursts in Nearby Seyfert Galaxies

AAS 201st Meeting, January, 2003
Session 48. Blazars and AGNs
Poster, Tuesday, January 7, 2003, 9:20am-6:30pm, Exhibit Hall AB

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[48.20] Demographics of Starbursts in Nearby Seyfert Galaxies

E. Schinnerer (NRAO), E. Colbert (JHU), L. Armus (SSC), N.Z. Scoville (Caltech), T. Heckman (JHU)

We investigate the frequency of circumnuclear starbursts in Seyfert galaxies using medium-resolution H and K band spectroscopy. An unbiased sample of ~20 nearby Seyfert galaxies was observed at the KeckII telescope with an average seeing of ~0.7''. Preliminary analysis shows strong stellar absorption lines for most galaxies in our sample. Comparison of stellar equivalent widths in the H and K band will allow us to determine the average age of the dominating stellar population. Evidence for an age trend with Seyfert type would provide a strong hint toward a starburst/AGN connection.

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