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通过[O III] 5007发射线的发光红外复合塞弗特2星系NGC 7679

The luminous infrared composite Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 7679 through the [O III] 5007 emission line

I. M. Yankulova, V. K. Golev, K. Jockers

摘要:

NGC 7679是一个邻近的亮红外Sy2星系,其中星暴和活动星系核活动共存。电离结构由活动星系核的幂律连续体和星暴共同维持。该星系是一个明亮的X射线源,具有低X射线柱密度N_H <4 x 10^20 cm ^{-2}。这种非吸收物体的康普顿薄性质推断出,SyG统一模型的简单公式不适用于它们的情况。本文的主要目的是利用[O III] 5007光度作为活动星系核活动的示踪剂,研究NGC 7679环核区的气体分布和电离结构,以寻找隐藏的Sy1核的存在。NGC 7679的[O III] 5007图像显示椭圆形等照度线沿着PA约80度的方向延伸到对应星系NGC 7682。由[O III] 5007/H α比值追踪的活动星系核幂律连续体的电离最大值向东移动了约13角秒。结果表明,高电离方向的尘埃和气体直接指向活动星系核中央发动机。这可能导致尘埃/恒星形成衰变。大部分[O III]光度> 10^41 erg s ^{-1}的未吸收康普顿薄Sy2具有隐藏的活动星系核源(略图)。

英文摘要:

NGC 7679 is a nearby luminous infrared Sy2 galaxy in which starburst and AGN activities co-exist. The ionization structure is maintained by both the AGN power-law continuum and starburst. The galaxy is a bright X-ray source possessing a low X-ray column density N_H < 4 x 10^20 cm^{-2}. The Compton-thin nature of such unabsorbed objects infers that the simple formulation of the Unified model for SyGs is not applicable in their case. The main goal of this article is to investigate both gas distribution and ionization structure in the circumnuclear region of NGC 7679 in search for the presence of a hidden Sy1 nucleus, using the [O III] 5007 luminosity as a tracer of AGN activity. The [O III] 5007 image of the NGC 7679 shows elliptical isophotes extended along the PA ~ 80 deg in the direction to the counterpart galaxy NGC 7682. The maximum of ionization by the AGN power-law continuum traced by [O III] 5007/Halpha ratio is displaced by ~ 13 arcsec eastward from the nucleus. We conclude that the dust and gas in the high ionization direction has a direct view to the central AGN engine. This possibly results in dust/star-formation decay. A large fraction of the unabsorbed Compton-thin Sy2s with [O III] luminosity > 10^41 erg s^{-1} possesses a hidden AGN source (abridged).

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