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Seyfert 2星系NGC 4945的中心区:一对螺旋星系

The Central Region of the Nearby Seyfert 2 Galaxy NGC 4945 : A Pair of Spirals

Lien-Hsuan Lin, Ronald E. Taam, David C. C. Yen, S. Muller, J. Lim

摘要:

NGC 4945是一个距离3.82 Mpc的塞弗特2星系。它的相对接近允许详细的SMA研究的环核分子气体在一个星系展示活动星系核。通过对中心区(20”× 20”,1”= 19 pc)高分辨率速度场的分析,证明了二维流体动力学模拟的结果很好地再现了等速度线的S形结构。特别是,速度结构表示由沿螺旋密度波,这是由一个快速旋转的酒吧在内外Lindblad共振激发的冲击产生的弯曲。模拟的密度图显示了一对紧密缠绕的螺旋线,它们穿过观测中的大部分环状高强度区(其他作者称之为环核星暴环),并与位于环状区外的几个Pa $α$发射线结相交。在50 pc尺度下计算的质量流入速率约为NGC 4945活动星系核质量吸积速率的3倍。我们发现气体的自引力是重要的,应该包括在我们的NGC 4945模型中。该模型与Lim等人(2009)中讨论的气体轨道模型进行了比较,结果表明,流体动力学模型提供了与观测到的位置-速度图更好的匹配,因此,提供了更可靠的预测外部内部Lindblad共振位置。

英文摘要:

NGC 4945 is a Seyfert 2 galaxy at a distance of 3.82 Mpc. Its relative proximity has permitted a detailed SMA study of the circumnuclear molecular gas in a galaxy exhibiting an AGN. Based on an analysis of the high-resolution velocity field of the central region (20" X 20", 1" = 19 pc), we demonstrate that the S-shaped structure of the isovelocity contours is well reproduced by the numerical results of a two dimensional hydrodynamical simulation. In particular, the velocity structure is represented by the bending produced by a shock along the spiral density waves, which are excited at the outer-inner Lindblad resonance by a fast rotating bar. The simulated density map reveals a pair of tightly wound spirals in the center which pass through most of the ring-like (claimed to be a circumnuclear starburst ring by other authors) high intensity region in the observations as well as intersect several Pa$α$ emission line knots located outside the ring-like region. The calculated mass inflow rate at a scale of 50 pc is about three times the inferred mass accretion rate of the AGN of NGC 4945. We find that self-gravity of the gas is important and should be included in our model for NGC 4945. The model is compared with the gas orbit model discussed in Lim et al. (2009), and it is shown that the hydrodynamic model provides a better match to the observed position-velocity diagram and, hence, provides a more reliable prediction of the outer inner Lindblad resonance position.

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