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NGC 4258核区的分子H2和星盘

The molecular H2 and stellar discs in the nuclear region of NGC 4258

R. B. Menezes, J. E. Steiner, Patrícia da Silva

摘要:

NGC 4258是一个SABbc塞弗特星系,距离为$7.2 \pm 0.3$ Mpc。这个天体以其近边缘的分子核盘而闻名,位于距离核0.16和0.28 pc之间,其H $_2$ O脉泽发射允许非常精确地测量中心超大质量黑洞质量($M_{\bullet}(maser) = 3.78 \pm 0.01 \times 10^7$ Mo)。我们分析了发射线的性质和恒星的运动学在一个数据立方体的中心区域的NGC 4258,获得,在K波段,与近红外积分场摄谱仪,在Gemini北望远镜。星光扣除后的核谱仅显示H $_2 λ2.1218$ $μ$ m和Br $γ$发射线,后者具有FWHM $_{Brγ}(broad) = 1600 \pm 29$ km s $^{-1}$的宽分量。H $_2 λ2.1218$ $μ$ m线的空间形态和运动学与围绕超大质量黑洞旋转的分子盘一致,其直径上限为15.7 pc。该天体内部的射电喷流在投影中几乎垂直于本工作中探测到的H $_2$发射盘,也垂直于H $_2$ O脉泽发射盘。恒星运动学参数图的主要特征很好地再现了一个薄的旋转恒星圆盘模型。由这个动力学模型($M_{\bullet}(disc) = 2.8 \pm 1.0 \times 10^7$ Mo)提供的超大质量黑洞质量是兼容的,在1 $σ$水平上,与H $_2$ O脉泽发射的精确测量结果。

英文摘要:

NGC 4258 is an SABbc Seyfert galaxy, located at a distance of $7.2 \pm 0.3$ Mpc. This object is well known by its nearly edge-on molecular nuclear disc, located between 0.16 and 0.28 pc from the nucleus, whose H$_2$O maser emission allows a very precise measurement of the central supermassive black hole mass ($M_{\bullet}(maser) = 3.78 \pm 0.01 \times 10^7$ Mo). We analyse the emission line properties and the stellar kinematics in a data cube of the central region of NGC 4258, obtained, in the K band, with the Near-Infrared Integral Field Spectrograph, at the Gemini-north telescope. The nuclear spectrum, after the starlight subtraction, shows only the H$_2 λ2.1218$ $μ$m and Br$γ$ emission lines, the latter having a broad component with FWHM$_{Brγ}(broad) = 1600 \pm 29$ km s$^{-1}$. The spatial morphology and kinematics of the H$_2 λ2.1218$ $μ$m line are consistent with a rotating molecular disc around the supermassive black hole, with an upper limit for its diameter of 15.7 pc. The inner radio jet in this object is, in projection, almost perpendicular to the H$_2$ emitting disc detected in this work, and also to the H$_2$O maser emitting disc. The main features of the maps of the stellar kinematic parameters are well reproduced by a model of a thin rotating stellar circular disc. The supermassive black hole mass provided by this dynamical modelling ($M_{\bullet}(disc) = 2.8 \pm 1.0 \times 10^7$ Mo) is compatible, at 1$σ$ level, with the precise measurement resulting from the H$_2$O maser emission.

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