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低光度AGN的核红外发射

The Nuclear Infrared Emission of Low-Luminosity AGN

R E Mason, E Lopez-Rodriguez, C Packham, A Alonso-Herrero, N A Levenson, J Radomski, C Ramos Almeida, L Colina, M Elitzur, I Aretxaga, P F Roche, N Oi

摘要:

我们获得了22个低光度活动星系核(LLAGN; L_bol <5 x 10^42 erg/s)的高分辨率中红外(MIR)成像、核光谱能量分布(SED)和档案斯皮策光谱。红外(IR)观测可能会促进我们的理解LLAGN的吸积流,在低吸积率的模糊环面的命运,也许,这些对象的恒星形成历史。然而,虽然在更高光度的Seyfert和类星体中进行了全面的研究,但LLAGN的核红外特性尚未得到很好的确定。在这些论文中,我们总结了LLAGN在相对高光度,高爱丁顿比的样品端的结果。在这些天体的MIR图像中可以看到强而紧凑的核源,其光度与标准MIR/X射线关系预测的一致或略高。它们的宽带核SED是不同的;一些类似于典型的塞弗特核,而另一些则具有较少的定义明确的MIR“尘埃隆起”。这些天体中有许多都有强烈的硅酸盐辐射。我们推测,这一点,再加上高比率的硅酸盐强度氢柱密度,可以建议光学薄的尘埃和低的尘埃与气体的比例,根据模型预测,LLAGN不主机的塞弗特一样模糊的环面。

英文摘要:

We have obtained high-resolution mid-infrared (MIR) imaging, nuclear spectral energy distributions (SEDs) and archival Spitzer spectra for 22 low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (LLAGN; L_bol < 5 x 10^42 erg/s). Infrared (IR) observations may advance our understanding of the accretion flows in LLAGN, the fate of the obscuring torus at low accretion rates, and, perhaps, the star formation histories of these objects. However, while comprehensively studied in higher-luminosity Seyferts and quasars, the nuclear IR properties of LLAGN have not yet been well-determined. In these proceedings we summarise the results for the LLAGN at the relatively high-luminosity, high-Eddington ratio end of the sample. Strong, compact nuclear sources are visible in the MIR images of these objects, with luminosities consistent with or slightly in execss of that predicted by the standard MIR/X-ray relation. Their broadband nuclear SEDs are diverse; some resemble typical Seyfert nuclei, while others possess less of a well-defined MIR ``dust bump''. Strong silicate emission is present in many of these objects. We speculate that this, together with high ratios of silicate strength to hydrogen column density, could suggest optically thin dust and low dust-to-gas ratios, in accordance with model predictions that LLAGN do not host a Seyfert-like obscuring torus.

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