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探测Seyfert 1星系NGC 4151中窄线区的电离结构

Probing the Ionization Structure of the Narrow Line Region in the Seyfert 1 Galaxy NGC 4151

S. B. Kraemer, H. R. Schmitt, D. M. Crenshaw

摘要:

研究了Seyfert 1星系NGC 4151的窄线区(NLR)中[O III] $λ$ 5007和[O II] $λ$ 3727的辐射分布.虽然NGC 4151的NLR显示出与塞弗特星系统一模型一致的整体结构,但哈勃太空望远镜上的宽视场和行星照相机2获得的窄带[O III]和[O II]图像显示了来自发射线双锥外部的显着发射。[O III]/[O II]比值在这些区域较低,与较弱的电离通量一致。我们进行了光电离模拟分析的发射线气体在一系列的环,中心的中心连续源,与内径从13到90秒差距。气体被辐射电离,该辐射已被完全覆盖中心源的相对高度电离的吸收体(HABS)和覆盖因子范围为0至1的较低电离吸收体(LABS)衰减。我们发现,[O III]/[O II]的比例是很好的拟合假设,在每一段的环,一些部分的NLR气体是完全的LABS的阴影内,而其余的照射的连续过滤只有HABS。这表明NLR的结构是由于电离气体对电离辐射的过滤,与盘风模型一致。一种可能的情况是,低电离吸收剂是被风卷起的密集气体结。

英文摘要:

We present a study of the distribution of [O III] $λ$5007 and [O II] $λ$3727 emission in the Narrow Line Region (NLR) of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 4151. While the NLR of NGC 4151 exhibits an overall structure consistent with the unified model of Seyfert galaxies, narrow-band [O III] and [O II] images obtained with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 aboard the Hubble Space Telescope reveal significant emission from outside the the emission-line bi-cone. The [O III]/[O II] ratios are lower in these regions, consistent with a weaker ionizing flux. We performed a photoionization modeling analysis of the emission-line gas within a series of annuli, centered on the the central continuum source, with inner radii from 13 to 90 pc. The gas is ionized by radiation that has been attenuated by a relatively highly-ionized absorber (HABS), which completely covers the central source, and a lower-ionization absorber (LABS), which has a covering factor ranging from 0 to 1. We found that the [O III]/[O II] ratios are well fit by assuming that, within each segment of an annulus, some fraction of the NLR gas is completely within the shadow of LABS, while the rest is irradiated by the continuum filtered only by HABS. This suggests that the structure of the NLR is due to filtering of the ionizing radiation by ionized gas, consistent with disk-wind models. One possible scenario is that the low-ionization absorbers are dense knots of gas swept up by a wind.

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