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未遮蔽的活动星系核的尘埃辐射

Dust Emission from Unobscured Active Galactic Nuclei

G. D. Thompson, N. A. Levenson, S. A. Uddin, M. M. Sirocky

摘要:

我们使用中红外光谱的清晰的活动星系核(AGN),以揭示其原生的尘埃环境。我们集中在塞弗特1星系,观察样品的31与斯皮策太空望远镜上的红外光谱仪,并比较它们与21个更高光度的类星体同行。硅酸盐尘埃后处理占主导地位的中红外光谱,我们通常测量10和18微米的光谱特征弱的发射在这些星系。两种硅酸盐特征的强度一起对粉尘分布敏感。我们提出的数值辐射转移计算,区分clusional和光滑的几何形状,这是适用于任何中央热源,包括恒星以及活动星系核。在观测中,我们发现了统一活动星系核方案的模糊“环面”,将其建模为紧凑和clusified。我们还确定,恒星的形成与活动星系核光度增加,虽然星系的热光度的比例归因于恒星活动星系核光度减少。

英文摘要:

We use mid-infrared spectroscopy of unobscured active galactic nuclei (AGNs) to reveal their native dusty environments. We concentrate on Seyfert 1 galaxies, observing a sample of 31 with the Infrared Spectrograph aboard the Spitzer Space Telescope, and compare them with 21 higher-luminosity quasar counterparts. Silicate dust reprocessing dominates the mid-infrared spectra, and we generally measure the 10 and 18 micron spectral features weakly in emission in these galaxies. The strengths of the two silicate features together are sensitive to the dust distribution. We present numerical radiative transfer calculations that distinguish between clumpy and smooth geometries, which are applicable to any central heating source, including stars as well as AGNs. In the observations, we detect the obscuring ``torus'' of unified AGN schemes, modeling it as compact and clumpy. We also determine that star formation increases with AGN luminosity, although the proportion of the galaxies' bolometric luminosity attributable to stars decreases with AGN luminosity.

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