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AGN中模糊的本质:I。来自Host Galeries的见解

The Nature of Obscuration in AGN: I. Insights from Host Galaxies

Li Shao, Guinevere Kauffmann, Cheng Li, Jing Wang, Timothy M. Heckman

摘要:

我们用SDSS光谱和WISE中红外光度法分析了30,000个附近被遮蔽的活动星系核。我们的目的是研究活动星系核宿主星系的性质与中红外光度作为活动星系核活动的指标,并与以前的研究的基础上[OIII]发射线进行比较。首先,我们发现[3.4] - [4.6]色对宿主恒星年龄的依赖性很弱,但对活动星系核活动的依赖性很强。然后,我们使用“配对”技术减去主机4.6微米的贡献。通过将塞弗茨与z < 0.7的SDSS类星体样本相结合,我们发现[OIII]和AGN 4.6微米的内禀光度在4个数量级上大致线性相关,但存在大量的散射。我们还比较了总集成的4.6微米和[OIII]线光度的配分函数从塞弗茨和一个子人口的LINER显着的核4.6微米发射,作为各种主机星系的属性的功能,发现它们是相同的。因此,我们的结论是,[OIII]作为活动星系核的指示剂,与4.6微米的光度相比,没有显示出特别的偏差。我们的研究结果还表明,一些LINER确实符合简单统一模型的期望。

英文摘要:

We analyze a sample of 30,000 nearby obscured AGNs with optical spectra from SDSS and mid-IR photometry from WISE. Our aim is to investigate the AGN host galaxy properties with mid-IR luminosities as AGN activity indicator, and to compare with previous studies based on [OIII] emission lines. First we find that the [3.4] - [4.6] colour has weak dependence on host stellar age, but strong dependence on AGN activity. We then use a "pair-matching" technique to subtract the host 4.6 micron contribution. By combining Seyferts with a sample of SDSS quasars at z < 0.7, we show that the [OIII] and the intrinsic AGN 4.6 micron luminosities correlate roughly linearly over 4 orders of magnitude, but with substantial scatter. We also compare the partition functions of the total integrated 4.6 micron and [OIII] line luminosities from Seyferts and a sub-population of LINERs with significant nuclear 4.6 micron emission, as function of a variety of host galaxy properties, finding that they are identical. We conclude, therefore, that [OIII] as an AGN indicator shows no particular biases as compared to the 4.6 micron luminosity. Our results also demonstrate that some LINERs do fit in with the expectations of the simple Unified Model.

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