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用HST高级巡天照相机观测75个Seyfert星系的近紫外环核区图集

An Atlas of the circumnuclear regions of 75 Seyfert galaxies in the near-UV with HST Advanced Camera for Surveys

Víctor M. Muñoz Marín, Rosa M. González Delgado, Henrique R. Schmitt, Roberto Cid Fernandes, Enrique Pérez, Thaisa Storchi-Bergmann, Tim Heckman, Claus Leitherer

摘要:

本文介绍了用哈勃空间望远镜的高级巡天照相机在近紫外波段拍摄的75个塞弗特星系中心区域的星图,平均分辨率约为10 pc。这些数据补充了来自太空望远镜的光学和近红外波长的档案高分辨率数据,为具有广泛科学兴趣的天文学家创造了极其宝贵的数据集。我们的目标是研究这些天体中近紫外光的性质,它与环核星爆现象的关系,以及它与星系核球和中央黑洞的演化和生长的关系。在本文中,我们描述了近紫外形貌的对象和表征的近紫外发射。我们估计的大小和发光区域的亮度和提取的光度分布。我们还确定存在未解决的致密核。此外,环核星团的人口被确定,和星团的总光的贡献,在这个波长,估计。样本的大小使我们能够得出可靠的统计结论。我们发现{Seyfert 1}星系完全由其明亮而紧凑的核心主导,在此分辨率下保持点状,而我们在Seyfert 2中几乎没有发现未解决的核心。Seyfert类型1和2在不对称性与紧凑性图中分离得很好。星团在Sy 2(约70%的星系)中比Sy 1(约57%)更常见,并且对Sy 2的总亮度贡献更大,但这两种差异似乎主要是由于Sy 1中致密核的巨大贡献,因为两种类型的星团的光度分布相似。

英文摘要:

We present an atlas of the central regions of 75 Seyfert galaxies imaged in the near-UV with the Advanced Camera for Surveys of the Hubble Space Telescope at an average resolution of ~10pc. These data complement archival high resolution data from the Space Telescope at optical and near-IR wavelengths, creating an extremely valuable dataset for astronomers with a broad range of scientific interests. Our goal is to investigate the nature of the near-UV light in these objects, its relation to the circumnuclear starburst phenomenon, and the connection of this to the evolution and growth of the galaxy bulge and central black hole. In this paper, we describe the near-UV morphology of the objects and characterize the near-UV emission. We estimate the size and the luminosity of the emitting regions and extract the luminosity profile. We also determine the presence of unresolved compact nuclei. In addition, the circumnuclear stellar cluster population is identified, and the contribution of the stellar clusters to the total light, at this wavelength, is estimated. The size of the sample allows us to draw robust statistical conclusions. We find that {Seyfert 1} galaxies are completely dominated by its bright and compact nucleus, that remains point-like at this resolution, while we find almost no unresolved nucleus in Seyfert 2. The Seyfert types 1 and 2 are quite segregated in an asymmetry vs compactness plot. Stellar clusters are found somewhat more frequently in Sy2 (in ~70% of the galaxies) than in Sy1 (~57%), and contribute more to the total light in Sy2, but this two differences seem to be mostly due to the large contribution of the compact nucleus in Sy1, as the luminosity distribution of the clusters is similar in both Sy types.

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