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近星系核的近红外光谱特性

The Nuclear Near-Infrared Spectral Properties of Nearby Galaxies

R. E. Mason, A. Rodriguez-Ardila, L. Martins, R. Riffel, O. Gonzalez Martin, C. Ramos Almeida, D. Ruschel Dutra, L. C. Ho, K. Thanjavur, H. Flohic, A. Alonso-He… 展开作者

R. E. Mason, A. Rodriguez-Ardila, L. Martins, R. Riffel, O. Gonzalez Martin, C. Ramos Almeida, D. Ruschel Dutra, L. C. Ho, K. Thanjavur, H. Flohic, A. Alonso-Herrero, P. Lira, R. McDermid, R. A. Riffel, R. P. Schiavon, C. Winge, M. D. Hoenig, E. Perlman

摘要:

我们目前的光谱的50个附近(D = 1 - 92 Mpc,中位数= 20 Mpc)星系的形态类型E到Sm的核区域。用北双子座望远镜上的双子座近红外光谱仪获得的光谱覆盖了R~1300--1800的0.85-2.5微米的波长范围。有证据表明,大多数星系都有一个活动星系核(AGN),但样本中AGN的光度范围(log(L2-10 keV [erg/s])= 37.0-43.2)意味着光谱显示出各种各样的特征。有些原子核,特别是塞弗茨原子核,呈现出丰富的发射谱线。其他天体,特别是2型低电离核发射区星系,只显示出几条微弱的发射线,可以详细观察底层的恒星星族。这些光谱显示了许多对恒星初始质量函数敏感的吸收特征,以及在冷恒星中产生的分子带和许多其他原子吸收线。我们比较了已知的星系子集的光谱,其特征是由中年和老年恒星星族,并发现它们的吸收线和连续体形状的明显差异。我们还研究了大气中的水蒸气对传统的近红外大气窗口之间的区域实现的信噪比的影响,潜在的兴趣,那些计划观测的红移发射线或其他功能的影响大地H2O。目前正在进一步利用这一数据集,并向社区提供了简化光谱和数据简化工具。

英文摘要:

We present spectra of the nuclear regions of 50 nearby (D = 1 - 92 Mpc, median = 20 Mpc) galaxies of morphological types E to Sm. The spectra, obtained with the Gemini Near-IR Spectrograph on the Gemini North telescope, cover a wavelength range of approximately 0.85-2.5 microns at R~1300--1800. There is evidence that most of the galaxies host an active galactic nucleus (AGN), but the range of AGN luminosities (log (L2-10 keV [erg/s]) = 37.0-43.2) in the sample means that the spectra display a wide variety of features. Some nuclei, especially the Seyferts, exhibit a rich emission-line spectrum. Other objects, in particular the type 2 Low Ionisation Nuclear Emission Region galaxies, show just a few, weak emission lines, allowing a detailed view of the underlying stellar population. These spectra display numerous absorption features sensitive to the stellar initial mass function, as well as molecular bands arising in cool stars, and many other atomic absorption lines. We compare the spectra of subsets of galaxies known to be characterised by intermediate-age and old stellar populations, and find clear differences in their absorption lines and continuum shapes. We also examine the effect of atmospheric water vapor on the signal-to-noise ratio achieved in regions between the conventional NIR atmospheric windows, of potential interest to those planning observations of redshifted emission lines or other features affected by telluric H2O. Further exploitation of this data set is in progress, and the reduced spectra and data reduction tools are made available to the community.

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