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合并的塞弗特星系NGC 6240的金属丰度

Metallicity in the merger Seyfert galaxy NGC 6240

M. Contini

摘要:

通过模拟观测到的光学和红外线比,我们计算了整个NLR的合并Seyfert星系NGC 6240的物理条件。我们已经发现,光学光谱是由云发射的幂律辐射通量的活动星系核(或活动星系核)的光电离,并加热主要是由冲击伴随着云向外传播。红外线比率是从恒星暴喷出的云中发出的,恒星暴通过对应于大约50,000 K的恒星色温的黑体辐射通量使气体光致电离。活动星系核的辐射通量和电离参数都很低。最典型的物理参数是气体的相对高的激波速度(> 400 km/s)和低的震前密度(约40 - 60 cm-3)。C/H、N/H、O/H相对丰度比太阳丰度高出约1.5倍。我们认为,这些高的相对丰度表明捕获的H到H2分子,而不是高金属。采用1 μ m的初始颗粒半径,由幂律辐射通量和黑体辐射通量计算得到的云中尘埃温度分别为81 K和68 K。

英文摘要:

We have calculated the physical conditions throughout the NLR of the merger Seyfert galaxy NGC 6240 by modelling the observed optical and infrared line ratios. We have found that the optical spectra are emitted by clouds photoionised by the power-law radiation flux from the AGN (or AGNs), and heated mainly by the shock accompanying the propagation of the clouds outwards. The infrared line ratios are emitted from clouds ejected from a starburst which photoionises the gas by the black-body radiation flux corresponding to a stellar colour temperature of about 50,000 K. Both the flux from the AGN and the ionization parameters are low. The most characteristic physical parameters are the relatively high shock velocities (>400 km/s) and low preshock densities (about 40-60 cm-3) of the gas. The C/H, N/H, O/H relative abundances are higher than solar by a factor lower or about 1.5. We suggest that those high relative abundances indicate trapping of H into H2 molecules rather than high metallicities. Adopting an initial grain radius of 1 micron, the dust temperatures calculated in the clouds reached by the power-law radiation flux and by the black-body radiation flux are 81 K and 68 K, respectively.

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