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Tol 2240-384 -一种新的低金属度AGN候选物

Tol 2240-384 - a new low-metallicity AGN candidate

Y. I. Izotov, N. G. Guseva, K. J. Fricke, G. Stasinska, C. Henkel, P. Papaderos

摘要:

活动星系核(AGN)通常是在高金属丰度的大质量星系中发现的。我们试图在低金属丰度星系中增加活动星系核候选者的数量。我们提出了VLT/UVES和档案VLT/FORS 1光谱和NTT/SUSI 2光度观测的低金属丰度发射线星系Tol 2240-384,并进行了详细的研究,其形态,化学成分和发射线配置文件。我们确定的氮,O,Ne,S,Cl,Ar,和Fe的丰度通过使用经验的方法分析的窄成分的发射线的通量。我们验证与光电离模型的窄线组件气体的物理是类似的,在常见的贫金属星系。图像反卷积揭示了Tol 2240-384中两个高表面亮度区域,它们之间的距离为2.4 kpc。最亮的西南区域被强烈的电离气体发射所包围,空间尺度约为5 kpc。UVES光谱中的强发射线的轮廓是不对称的,并且除了H α和H β之外的所有这些线都可以由FWHM为约75-92 km/s的两个高斯拟合,这意味着存在两个电离气体发射窄线的区域。Halpha和Hbeta线的形状更复杂。特别是,除了从其他谱线的剖面中揭示的两个区域的窄分量之外,H α发射谱线由两个宽分量(FWHM ~700 km/s和2300 km/s)组成。宽的H α线的异常高的光度为3x 10 e41 erg/s,不能用大质量恒星在不同演化阶段的解释。广泛的阿尔法辐射持续了7年,这排除了超新星作为这种辐射的动力机制。这种辐射很可能来自质量约为10 e7 Msun的黑洞周围的吸积盘。

英文摘要:

Active galactic nuclei (AGNs) have typically been discovered in massive galaxies of high metallicity. We attempt to increase the number of AGN candidates in low metallicity galaxies. We present VLT/UVES and archival VLT/FORS1 spectroscopic and NTT/SUSI2 photometric observations of the low-metallicity emission-line galaxy Tol 2240-384 and perform a detailed study of its morphology, chemical composition, and emission-line profiles. We determine abundances of nitrogen, O, Ne, S, Cl, Ar, and Fe by analyzing the fluxes of narrow components of the emission lines using empirical methods. We verify with a photoionisation model that the physics of the narrow-line component gas is similar to that in common metal-poor galaxies. Image deconvolution reveals two high-surface brightness regions in Tol 2240-384 separated by 2.4 kpc.The brightest southwestern region is surrounded by intense ionised gas emission on a spatial scale of ~5 kpc. The profiles of the strong emission lines in the UVES spectrum are asymmetric and all these lines apart from Halpha and Hbeta can be fitted by two Gaussians of FWHM ~75-92 km/s separated by ~80 km/s implying that there are two regions of ionised gas emitting narrow lines. The shapes of the Halpha and Hbeta lines are more complex. In particular, the Halpha emission line consists of two broad components of FWHM ~700 km/s and 2300 km/s, in addition to narrow components of two regions revealed from profiles of other lines. The extraordinarily high luminosity of the broad Halpha line of 3x10e41 erg/s cannot be accounted for by massive stars at different stages of their evolution. The broad Halpha emission persists over a period of 7 years, which excludes supernovae as a powering mechanism of this emission. This emission most likely arises from an accretion disc around a black hole of mass ~10e7 Msun.

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