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低质量有源半导体窄线区的物理性质

Physical Properties of the Narrow-Line Region of Low-Mass Active Galaxies

Randi R. Ludwig, Jenny E. Greene, Aaron J. Barth, Luis C. Ho

摘要:

我们目前的光谱观测的27个活动星系核(AGN)与一些最低的黑洞(BH)的质量已知。我们使用高光谱分辨率和小孔径的凯克数据,采取与Echellette光谱仪和成像仪,隔离这些低质量的BH的窄线区域(NLR)。我们研究了它们的发射线性质,并与具有更高质量黑洞的活动星系核的发射线性质进行了比较。虽然我们无法确定绝对的金属丰度,但我们的一些天体可以代表Groves等人(2006)描述的低金属丰度活动星系核的例子,这是基于它们的[N II]/H_α比值以及它们与Kewley & Ellison(2008)质量-金属丰度关系的一致性。我们发现初步证据陡峭的远紫外光谱斜率在较低的质量系统。总的来说,这些低质量活动星系核中的NLR发射线表现出类似于具有较高质量黑洞的活动星系核中所见的趋势,例如随着电离势的增加,蓝移和加宽。此外,我们还看到了一个中间线区域的证据,其强度与L/L_Edd相关,如在高质量活动星系核中所见。我们强调了一个有趣的趋势,即至少在这些低质量活动星系核中,[O III]等效宽度(EW)在没有蓝翼的对称NLR线中最高。这种趋势的增加[O III] EW线对称性可以解释由一个高的覆盖系数较低的电离气体在NLR。一般来说,低质量活动星系核保留了许多众所周知的NLR结构趋势,同时表现出更陡峭的电离连续斜率和更低的气相金属丰度。

英文摘要:

We present spectroscopic observations of 27 active galactic nuclei (AGN) with some of the lowest black hole (BH) masses known. We use the high spectral resolution and small aperture of our Keck data, taken with the Echellette Spectrograph and Imager, to isolate the narrow-line regions (NLRs) of these low-mass BHs. We investigate their emission-line properties and compare them with those of AGN with higher-mass black holes. While we are unable to determine absolute metallicities, some of our objects plausibly represent examples of the low-metallicity AGN described by Groves et al. (2006), based on their [N II]/H_alpha ratios and their consistency with the Kewley & Ellison (2008) mass-metallicity relation. We find tentative evidence for steeper far-UV spectral slopes in lower-mass systems. Overall, NLR emission lines in these low-mass AGN exhibit trends similar to those seen in AGN with higher-mass BHs, such as increasing blueshifts and broadening with increasing ionization potential. Additionally, we see evidence of an intermediate line region whose intensity correlates with L/L_Edd, as seen in higher-mass AGN. We highlight the interesting trend that, at least in these low-mass AGN, the [O III] equivalent width (EW) is highest in symmetric NLR lines with no blue wing. This trend of increasing [O III] EW with line symmetry could be explained by a high covering factor of lower ionization gas in the NLR. In general, low-mass AGN preserve many well-known trends in the structure of the NLR, while exhibiting steeper ionizing continuum slopes and somewhat lower gas-phase metallicities.

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