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z<0.02射电活动星系核窄线区的空间分辨电子密度

Spatially resolved electron density in the Narrow Line Region of z<0.02 radio AGNs

D. Kakkad, B. Groves, M. Dopita, Adam D. Thomas, Rebecca L. Davies, V. Mainieri, Preeti Kharb, J. Scharwächter, E. J. Hampton, I-Ting Ho

摘要:

虽然近年来研究活动星系核的宿主星系的外流已经成为河外天文学的前沿,但估计与这些外流相关的能量一直是一个重大挑战。确定与外流相关联的能量通常涉及NLR中的均匀密度的假设,这在文献中跨越很宽的范围,导致能量估计中的大系统不确定性。在本文中,我们提出的电子密度图的样本流出和非流出塞弗特星系在z<0.02绘制的S7调查和了解的起源和所观察到的密度结构的值,以减少系统的不确定性流出能量估计。我们使用[SII] 6716,6731发射线的比率来推导空间分辨的电子密度(<50-2000 cm $^{-3}$)。使用光学IFU观测,我们能够测量选定的活动星系核宿主星系的中央2-5千秒差距的密度。我们比较的密度图与来自窄H $α$组件的HII区域的位置,电离图从[OIII],和空间分辨BPT图,推断观察到的密度结构的起源。我们还使用电子密度图来构建密度分布作为距离中央活动星系核的函数。我们发现,没有一个活跃的电离外流的目标,高恒星形成和高电子密度的网站之间的空间相关性。非流出目标还显示出电子密度随距中心距离的函数呈指数下降,平均指数为~0.15。恒星形成地点和电子密度之间的相关性在有外流的目标中消失了。流出介质内的密度是不均匀的,并显示出低密度和高密度的网站,最有可能是由于激波和高度湍流介质的存在。

英文摘要:

Although studying outflows in the host galaxies of AGN have become the forefront of extra-galactic astronomy in recent years, estimating the energy associated with these outflows have been a major challenge. Determination of the energy associated with an outflow often involves an assumption of uniform density in the NLR, which span a wide range in literature leading to large systematic uncertainties in energy estimation. In this paper, we present electron density maps for a sample of outflowing and non-outflowing Seyfert galaxies at z<0.02 drawn from the S7 survey and understand the origin and values of the observed density structures to reduce the systematic uncertainties in outflow energy estimation. We use the ratio of the [SII]6716,6731 emission lines to derive spatially resolved electron densities (<50-2000 cm$^{-3}$). Using optical IFU observations, we are able to measure densities across the central 2-5 kpc of the selected AGN host galaxies. We compare the density maps with the positions of the HII regions derived from the narrow H$α$ component, ionization maps from [OIII], and spatially resolved BPT diagrams, to infer the origin of the observed density structures. We also use the electron density maps to construct density profiles as a function of distance from the central AGN. We find a spatial correlation between the sites of high star formation and high electron density for targets without an active ionized outflow. The non-outflowing targets also show an exponential drop in the electron density as a function of distance from the center, with a mean exponential index of ~0.15. The correlation between the star forming sites and electron density ceases for targets with an outflow. The density within the outflowing medium is not uniform and shows both low and high density sites, most likely due to the presence of shocks and highly turbulent medium.

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