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NGC 4151:II光谱的长期变异性。Ha和Hb宽发射线剖面的演化

Long-term variability of the optical spectra of NGC 4151: II. Evolution of the broad Ha and Hb emission-line profiles

A. I. Shapovalova, L. C. Popovic, A. N. Burenkov, V. H. Chavushyan, D. Ilic, A. Kovacevic, N. G. Bochkarev, J. Leon-Tavares

摘要:

给出了NGC 4151活动星系核的H $α$和H $β$线长期(1996 - 2006)变化的结果。研究了H $α$和H $β$的高质量光谱(S/N>50,R~8A)。我们分析了监测期间的线剖面变化。通过比较H $α$和H $β$的谱线轮廓,研究了谱线轮廓中的不同细节(凸点、吸收特征)。研究了不同H $α$和H $β$谱线轮廓段的变化。此外,我们分析了整个线和线段的巴耳末衰减。我们发现,在监测期间,线条轮廓发生了强烈的变化,显示出蓝色和红色的不对称性。这表明NGC 4151的复杂BLR几何形状至少有三个运动学上不同的区域:一个是蓝线翼,一个是线核心,一个是红线翼。这种变化可能是由非常接近黑洞的加速流出引起的,其中红色部分可能来自具有最高流出速度的区域{比蓝色部分更接近黑洞}。考虑到NGC 4151的BLR具有复杂的几何形状(可能受到外流的影响),并且一部分宽线发射似乎不是纯光电离源,人们可以问这样一个问题:通过混响映射研究BLR在这个星系的情况下是否有效。

英文摘要:

Results of the long-term (11 years, from 1996 to 2006) H$α$ and H$β$ line variations of the active galactic nucleus of NGC 4151 are presented. High quality spectra (S/N>50 and R~8A) of H$α$ and H$β$ were investigated. We analyzed line profile variations during monitoring period. Comparing the line profiles of H$α$ and H$β$, we studied different details (bumps, absorption features) in the line profiles. The variations of the different H$α$ and H$β$ line profile segments have been investigated. Also, we analyzed the Balmer decrement for whole line and for line segments. We found that the line profiles were strongly changing during the monitoring period, showing blue and red asymmetries. This indicates a complex BLR geometry of NGC 4151 with, at least, three kinematically distinct regions: one that contributes to the blue line wing, one to the line core and one to the red line wing. Such variation can be caused by an accelerating outflow starting very close to the black hole, where the red part may come from the region {closer to the black hole than the blue part, which is coming} from the region having the highest outflow velocities. Taking into account the fact that the BLR of NGC 4151 has a complex geometry (probably affected by an outflow) and that a portion of the broad line emission seems to have not a pure photoionization origin, one can ask the question whether the study of the BLR by reverberation mapping may be valid in the case of this galaxy.

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