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双峰[O III ]活动星系核的性质

The Nature of Double-Peaked [O III] Active Galactic Nuclei

Hai Fu, Lin Yan, Adam D. Myers, Alan Stockton, S. G. Djorgovski, G. Aldering, Jeffrey A. Rich

摘要:

具有双峰[O III]谱线的活动星系核可能是亚千秒差距或千秒差距尺度的双星活动星系核。然而,纯气体运动学可以产生相同的双峰线轮廓的空间积分光谱。在这里,我们结合积分场光谱和高分辨率成像的42双峰[O III]活动星系核斯隆数字巡天调查人口的组成部分。我们发现了两个双星活动星系核,其中的谱线分裂是由合并核的轨道运动驱动的。这样的天体只占双峰活动星系核的2%。几乎所有(~98%)的双峰活动星系核都是由于气体运动学而被选中的;其中一半显示出从核延伸4-20 kpc的空间分辨窄线区域。偶然,我们发现两个光谱未解决的二元活动星系气体运动产生的双峰[O III]线。相对频繁的偶然发现表明,只有约1%的活动星系核在Sloan谱中出现双峰,而所有Sloan活动星系核中有2.2 - 0.8 ^{+2.5}%是活动星系核。因此,双峰样本在寻找二元活动星系核方面并不比其他活动星系核样本有多大优势。双星活动星系核的比例意味着活动星系核占空比的增加(8 - 3 ^{+8}%),说明星系间的相互作用增强了核吸积。我们说明,积分场光谱是至关重要的识别二进制活动星系核:几个对象以前被归类为“二进制活动星系核”与长缝光谱是最有可能的单活动星系核扩展窄线区域。本文还讨论了辐射压驱动下扩展窄线区的形成。

英文摘要:

Active galactic nuclei (AGNs) with double-peaked [O III] lines are suspected to be sub-kpc or kpc-scale binary AGNs. However, pure gas kinematics can produce the same double-peaked line profile in spatially integrated spectra. Here we combine integral-field spectroscopy and high-resolution imaging of 42 double-peaked [O III] AGNs from Sloan Digital Sky Survey to investigate the constituents of the population. We find two binary AGNs where the line-splitting is driven by the orbital motion of the merging nuclei. Such objects account for only ~2% of the double-peaked AGNs. Almost all (~98%) of the double-peaked AGNs were selected because of gas kinematics; and half of those show spatially resolved narrow-line regions that extend 4-20 kpc from the nuclei. Serendipitously, we find two spectrally unresolved binary AGNs where gas kinematics produced the double-peaked [O III] lines. The relatively frequent serendipitous discoveries indicate that only ~1% of binary AGNs would appear double-peaked in Sloan spectra and 2.2_{-0.8}^{+2.5}% of all Sloan AGNs are binary AGNs. Therefore, the double-peaked sample does not offer much advantage over any other AGN samples in finding binary AGNs. The binary AGN fraction implies an elevated AGN duty cycle (8_{-3}^{+8}%), suggesting galaxy interactions enhance nuclear accretion. We illustrate that integral-field spectroscopy is crucial for identifying binary AGNs: several objects previously classified as "binary AGNs" with long-slit spectra are most likely single AGNs with extended narrow-line regions. The formation of extended narrow-line regions driven by radiation pressure is also discussed.

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