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LLAGN核周结构的HST/WFPC2成像。I数据和核形态学

HST/WFPC2 imaging of the circumnuclear structure of LLAGNs. I Data and nuclear morphology

R. M. Gonzalez Delgado, E. Perez, R. Cid Fernandes, H. Schmitt

摘要:

为了加深我们对LLAGN中心源性质及其与星团关系的了解,我们正在利用HST在近紫外、光学和近红外波长上进行多个成像项目。在本文中,我们提出的第一个结果与观测的57个LLAGN的中心区域成像WFPC 2通过任何的V(F555 W,F547 M,F614 W)和I(F791 W,F814 W)过滤器,可在HST档案。该样品含有Palomar样品中34%的LINER和36%的TO。这些图像的平均空间分辨率为10 pc。有了这些数据,我们已经建立了一个图集,其中包括所有星系的结构图,用于识别紧凑的核源,此外,还可以表征LLAGN的环核环境,确定尘埃的频率及其形态。得到的主要结果是:(1)我们没有发现致密源的存在与发射线类型之间的任何关系。因此,成核衬里与成核TO一样常见。2)“Young-TO”的核比“Old-TO”和LINER的核亮。这些结果证实了我们以前的结果,即Young-TOs是从其他LLAGNs类分开的中心恒星星族的性质和亮度。3)在88%的LLAGN中检测到环核尘埃,在TO中几乎无处不在。4)尘埃形态复杂多变,从核螺旋通道到混乱的细丝和核盘状结构。混乱的丝状物和尘埃螺旋一样频繁,但核盘主要在LINER中看到。这些结果表明,在LLAGNs,LINERs是更先进的系统和Young-TO的最年轻的尘埃的进化序列。完整的数据集在http://www.iaa.es/~rosa/research/LLAGNs2007/LLAGNs-HSTIma1.html

英文摘要:

To advance our knowledge of the nature of the central source in LLAGNs and its relation with stellar clusters, we are carrying out several imaging projects with HST at near-UV, optical and near-IR wavelengths. In this paper, we present the first results obtained with observations of the central regions of 57 LLAGNs imaged with the WFPC2 through any of the V (F555W, F547M, F614W) and I (F791W, F814W) filters that are available in the HST archive. The sample contains 34% of the LINERs and 36% of the TOs in the Palomar sample. The mean spatial resolution of these images is 10 pc. With these data we have built an atlas that includes structural maps for all the galaxies, useful to identify compact nuclear sources and, additionally, to characterize the circumnuclear environment of LLAGNs, determining the frequency of dust and its morphology. The main results obtained are: 1) We have not found any correlation between the presence of nuclear compact sources and emission-line type. Thus, nucleated LINERs are as frequent as nucleated TOs. 2) The nuclei of "Young-TOs" are brighter than the nuclei of "Old-TOs" and LINERs. These results confirm our previous results that Young-TOs are separated from other LLAGNs classes in terms of their central stellar population properties and brightness. 3) Circumnuclear dust is detected in 88% of the LLAGNs, being almost ubiquitous in TOs. 4) The dust morphology is complex and varied, from nuclear spiral lanes to chaotic filaments and nuclear disk-like structures. Chaotic filaments are as frequent as dust spirals; but nuclear disks are mainly seen in LINERs. These results suggest an evolutionary sequence of the dust in LLAGNs, LINERs being the more evolved systems and Young-TOs the youngest. The full collection of figures are at http://www.iaa.es/~rosa/research/LLAGNs2007/LLAGNs-HSTIma1.html

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