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四个贫金属矮发射线星系的活动星系核

Active galactic nuclei in four metal-poor dwarf emission-line galaxies

Y. I. Izotov, T. X. Thuan

摘要:

我们展示了在斯隆数字巡天(SDSS)的数据发布5中偶然发现的四个低金属丰度发射线矮星系的3.5米阿帕奇点天文台第二历元光谱,它们具有非常大的宽H α光度,范围从3x10^41到2x10^42 erg/s。这些星系中的氧丰度非常低,在12+logO/H = 7.36- 7.99之间变化。如此高而宽的H α光度无法用处于不同演化阶段的大质量恒星来解释。通过与第一历元的SDSS光谱比较,我们发现宽的H α光度在3-7年的时间内保持不变,这可能排除了IIn型超新星作为宽发射机制的可能性。这种辐射最有可能来自中等质量黑洞周围的吸积盘,这些黑洞的质量下限在~5x10^5 Msun-3x10^6 Msun之间。如果是这样的话,这四个天体就形成了一个新的低金属含量活动星系核,到目前为止还很难找到。如果非热辐射的贡献小于总电离辐射的~10%,则可以理解没有强高电离线[NeV] 3426和He II 4686。

英文摘要:

We present 3.5m Apache Point Observatory second-epoch spectra of four low-metallicity emission-line dwarf galaxies discovered serendipitously in the Data Release 5 of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) to have extraordinary large broad Halpha luminosities, ranging from 3x10^41 to 2x10^42 erg/s. The oxygen abundance in these galaxies is very low, varying in the range 12+logO/H = 7.36- 7.99. Such extraordinarily high broad Halpha luminosities cannot be accounted for by massive stars at different stages of their evolution. By comparing with the first-epoch SDSS spectra, we find that the broad Halpha luminosities have remained constant over a period of 3-7 years, which probably excludes type IIn supernovae as a possible mechanism of broad emission. The emission most likely comes from accretion disks around intermediate-mass black holes with lower mass limits in the range ~5x10^5 Msun-3x10^6 Msun. If so, these four objects form a new class of very low-metallicity AGN that have been elusive until now. The absence of the strong high-ionization lines [NeV] 3426 and He II 4686 can be understood if the nonthermal radiation contributes less than ~10% of the total ionizing radiation.

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