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Seyfert 2星系的核活动和恒星形成性质

Nuclear activity and star formation properties of Seyfert 2 galaxies

P. Rafanelli, R. D'Abrusco, S. Ciroi, V. Cracco, F. Di Mille, L. Vaona

摘要:

为了从统计学的角度来描述活动星系环核区最近或正在形成的恒星数量,我们研究了三个不同的星系样品,即Seyfert 2星系(以下简称S2 G)、恒星形成星系(SFG)和被动正常星系(NG),即S2 G和SFG,核光谱的恒星成分。使用斯隆数字巡天数据(SDSS),没有观测到发射线(Adelman-McCarthy,2008年)。已经使用STARLIGHT(Cid Fernandes等人,2004),其将观察到的光谱与通过组合具有不同年龄和金属丰度的预定义的简单恒星星族光谱库而获得的模型(模板)光谱拟合。得到的模板光谱的不同样本的星系进行了比较,以确定恒星的发射成分的功能,并评估的存在和强度的恒星形成在不同的星系家族的核区域。从第一个定性分析,它的结果是光谱能量分布(SED)的形状S2 G和NG是非常相似的,而SFG的特征是由一个强大的蓝色过剩。S2 G和NG光谱中4000 A的断裂以及缺乏强烈的蓝色连续谱清楚地表明,在S2 G和NG的环核区域没有正在进行的恒星形成。无论如何,在S2 G星系的光谱中,最近的恒星形成历史的痕迹是明显的,它显示出4000 A的破裂系统地比NG浅。

英文摘要:

In order to characterize the amount of recent or ongoing stellar formation in the circumnuclear region of active galaxies on a statistically sound basis, we have studied the stellar component of the nuclear spectra in three different samples of galaxies, namely Seyfert 2 galaxies (hereafter S2G), star-forming galaxies (SFG) and passive normal galaxies (NG), i.e., no emission lines observed, using Sloan Digital Sky Survey data (SDSS) (Adelman-McCarthy, 2008). The stellar component of the observed spectra has been extracted using STARLIGHT (Cid Fernandes et al., 2004), which fits an observed spectrum with a model (template) spectrum obtained by combining a library of pre-defined simple stellar populations spectra, with distinct ages and metallicities. The resulting template spectra for the different samples of galaxies have been compared to determine the features of the stellar emission component and to evaluate the presence and intensity of the star formation in the nuclear regions of different families of galaxies. From a first qualitative analysis it results that the shape of the Spectral Energy Distribution (SED) of S2G and NG is very similar, while that of SFG is characterized by a strong blue excess. The presence of the 4000 A break in the spectra of S2G and NG together with the lack of a strong blue continuum clearly indicate the absence of ongoing star formation in the circumnuclear regions of S2G and obviously of NG. Anyway traces of a recent star formation history are evident in the spectra of S2G galaxies, which show a 4000 A break systematically shallower than in NG.

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