Optical Imaging of Very Luminous Infrared Galaxy Systems: Photometric Properties and Late Evolution

Santiago Arribas, Howard Bushouse, Ray A. Lucas +2

A sample of 19 low redshift (0.03$<$z$<$0.07) very luminous infrared galaxy (VLIRG: $10^{11}{L}_{\odot }<$ L[8-1000 $\mu$m] $<10^{12}{L}_{\odot }$) systems (30 galaxies) has been imaged in…