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Morphological CAS Parameters of a Sample of Very Luminous Infrared Galaxies (VLIRGs) – Preliminary Results

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We have observed a sample of 19 Very Luminous Infrared Galaxies (VLIRGs, L\(_{\tt{IR}}\)[8–1000μm] 1011 < L⊙ < 1012) with the Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT) + Andalusia Faint Object Spectrograph and Camera (ALFOSC) on La Palma, in B and I-bands. We discuss here the results of measuring preliminary morphological Concentration, Asymmetry, and Clumpiness (CAS) parameters for these galaxies. The results show VLIRGs as having similar Concentration to ULIRGs, but the Asymmetry and Clumpiness values show a considerably wider dispersion, which is unexpected. We are reanalyzing these preliminary results to assess their reliability.

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  1. Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Dr., Baltimore, MD 21218, USA

    Ray A. Lucas, Santiago Arribas & Howard Bushouse

  2. Caltech, Department of Astronomy, 1201 E. California Blvd., MC 105-24 Pasadena, CA 91125, USA

    Chris Conselice

  3. George Mason University, Department of Physics, 4400 University Dr., Fairfax, VA 22030, USA

    Kirk D. Borne

  4. IEM/CSIC, Serrano 121, Madrid 28006, Spain

    Luis Colina

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Lucas, R.A., Conselice, C., Arribas, S., Bushouse, H., Borne, K.D., Colina, L. Morphological CAS Parameters of a Sample of Very Luminous Infrared Galaxies (VLIRGs) – Preliminary Results. In: Renzini, A., Bender, R. (eds) Multiwavelength Mapping of Galaxy Formation and Evolution. ESO Astrophysics Symposia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/10995020_85

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