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SDSS 2型类星体在0.3<~ z <~ 0.6时的相互作用、恒星形成和扩展星云

Interactions, star formation and extended nebulae in SDSS type 2 quasars at 0.3<~ z <~ 0.6

M. Villar-Martin, C. Tadhunter, A. Humphrey, R. Fraga-Encinas, R. Gonzalez Delgado, M. Perez Torres, A. Martinez-Sansigre

摘要:

本文介绍了在甚大望远镜上用FORS 2对Zakamska等人(2003)的原始样品中13个z~0.3-0.6的光学选择的2型类星体进行的长缝光谱和成像数据。样本可能会受到不同选择偏差的影响。我们调查的证据:a)合并/相互作用b)在类星体附近的恒星形成活动和c)扩展的发射线区域及其性质。在5/13个天体中发现了合并/相互作用的证据。这是我们的样本的下限,因为我们的大多数连续图像都很浅。虽然活动星系核的光致电离不能完全被抛弃,但与恒星光致电离相一致的线比通常在这些物体附近的伴星系/结/核中发现。相反,在类星体核附近的气体显示线比不符合HII星系和典型的AGN光电离星云。解释这些观测结果的一个自然场景是,恒星形成正在伴星系/结/核中进行,可能是由相互作用引发的。这些系统,因此,在其发射线的性质显示活动星系核和恒星形成功能的组合复合。在7/13的天体中发现了扩展发射线区域(EELR),尽管如果在类星体周围进行完整的空间覆盖,这一比例可能会更高。大小从几个到高达64 kpc不等。一般来说,EELRs显然是由一个与类星体有关的扩展星云组成的。至少在一种情况下,EELR与电离潮汐特征有关。

英文摘要:

We present long-slit spectroscopy and imaging data obtained with FORS2 on the Very Large Telescope of 13 optically selected type 2 quasars at z~0.3-0.6 from the original sample of Zakamska et al. (2003). The sample is likely to be affected by different selection biases. We investigate the evidence for: a) mergers/interactions b) star formation activity in the neighborhood of the quasars and c) extended emission line regions and their nature. Evidence for mergers/interactions is found in 5/13 objects. This is a lower limit for our sample, given the shallowness of most of our continuum images. Although AGN photoionization cannot be totally discarded, line ratios consistent with stellar photoionization are found in general in companion galaxies/knots/nuclei near these same objects. On the contrary, the gas in the neighborhood of the quasar nucleus shows line ratios inconsistent with HII galaxies and typical of AGN photoionized nebulae. A natural scenario to explain the observations is that star formation is ongoing in companion galaxies/knots/nuclei, possibly triggered by the interactions. These systems are, therefore, composite in their emission line properties showing a combination of AGN and star formation features. Extended emission line regions (EELRs) have been found in 7/13 objects, although this fraction might be higher if a complete spatial coverage around the quasars was performed. The sizes vary between few and up to 64 kpc. In general, the EELRs apparently consist of an extended nebula associated with the quasar. In at least one case the EELR is associated with ionized tidal features.

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