your ID: 0242 
First Name: Nancy A. 
Last Name: Levenson 
Affiliation: University of Kentucky 

Title: Observations of Stellar Processes in Active Galaxies 
Authors: N. A. Levenson 
Topic: 9 
Session: oral 

Abstract: 
Intense star formation is common in active galaxies, and it is often
energetically important over a wide energy range.  Stars and the
consequences of their evolution, including winds and supernovae, can
interfere with standard diagnostics used to identify AGN and to
quantify their properties, especially in the obscured varieties.  High
quality, high spatial resolution observations of nearby active
galaxies allow these multiple physical processes to be disentangled.
These local cases serve as templates for the more distant examples
(from which comparable data cannot be obtained), and luminous infrared
galaxies (in which the energy sources are often deeply buried and
hidden from direct view).