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[Ne光学分类星爆的[V]辐射

[Ne V] Emission in Optically Classified Starbursts

N. P. Abel, S. Satyapal

摘要:

在由强大的核恒星形成和灭绝效应主导的星系中探测活动星系核(AGN)是一个独特的挑战。由于Ne^3+的发射波长更长,电离势也更高,因此红外[Ne V]发射线被认为是活动星系核极好的诊断手段。然而,恒星演化模型预测,年轻星团中的沃尔夫-拉叶星会发射出大量能够产生Ne ^[4 +]的光子。最近的观测[Ne V]发射的光学分类星爆星系要求我们调查是否[Ne V]可以产生于恒星形成活动,而不是活动星系核。在这项工作中,我们计算的光学和红外光谱的气体暴露于一个年轻的星暴和活动星系核SED。我们发现:1)[Ne V]辐射可以完全用恒星形成来解释的参数范围; 2)活动星系核与星暴的相对光度范围,它重现了[Ne V]的观测结果,但使光谱看起来像是星暴。我们还发现红外发射线诊断对活动星系核比光学诊断敏感得多,特别是对弱活动星系核。我们将我们的模型应用于光学分类,但[Ne V]发射,星暴星系NGC 3621。我们发现,当考虑到红外和光谱,大约30 - 50%的星系的总光度是由于活动星系核。计算表明,[Ne V]辐射几乎总是活动星系核活动的结果.在这项工作中提出的模型可以用来确定活动星系核的贡献星系的功率输出。

英文摘要:

Detecting Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) in galaxies dominated by powerful nuclear star formation and extinction effects poses a unique challenge. Due to the longer wavelength emission and the ionization potential of Ne^3+, infrared [Ne V] emission lines are thought to be excellent AGN diagnostics. However, stellar evolution models predict Wolf-Rayet stars in young stellar clusters emit significant numbers of photons capable of creating Ne^4+. Recent observations of [Ne V] emission in optically classified starburst galaxies require us to investigate whether [Ne V] can arise from star-formation activity and not an AGN. In this work, we calculate the optical and IR spectrum of gas exposed to a young starburst and AGN SED. We find: 1) a range of parameters where [Ne V] emission can be explained solely by star-formation and 2) a range of relative AGN to starburst luminosities that reproduce the [Ne V] observations, yet leaves the optical spectrum looking like a starburst. We also find infrared emission-line diagnostics are much more sensitive to the AGN than optical diagnostics, particularly for weak AGN. We apply our model to the optically classified, yet [Ne V] emitting, starburst galaxy NGC 3621. We find, when taking the IR and optical spectrum into account, about 30 - 50% of the galaxy's total luminosity is due to an AGN. Our calculations show that [Ne V] emission is almost always the result of AGN activity. The models presented in this work can be used to determine the AGN contribution to a galaxy's power output.

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