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局域活动星系的质量-金属丰度关系

The mass-metallicity relation of local active galaxies

Adam D. Thomas, Lisa J. Kewley, Michael A. Dopita, Brent A. Groves, Andrew M. Hopkins, Ralph S. Sutherland

摘要:

首次系统地测量了大样本局部活动星系的气相金属丰度和质量-金属丰度关系。观测到的发射线通量从斯隆数字巡天(SDSS)进行比较,使用贝叶斯参数估计代码NebulaBayes的光电离模型的四维网格。首次考虑了HII区和窄线区(NLR)辐射的任意混合,并考虑了金属丰度、NLR电离参数和气压对模型的影响。在$Δ{\rm O/H} \sim 0.1$范围内,活动星系核(AGN)氧丰度随宿主星系恒星质量的增加而增加。我们还测量了231000个恒星形成星系的金属丰度和电离参数,并与7670个Seyfert 2星系的样本进行了比较。一个系统的氧丰度的偏移量为0.09德克斯之间的恒星形成和活动星系的质量-金属丰度关系观察。我们探讨了这种偏移的潜在原因,包括样品的选择以及在扩散电离气体、压力和电离参数模型中的处理。我们无法确定主要原因,但怀疑是由于电离光谱建模和尘埃物理处理方面的缺陷造成的。光学诊断图与恒星形成和Seyfert数据着色推断的氧丰度,电离参数和气体压力,清楚地说明了这些数量的趋势。

英文摘要:

We systematically measure the gas-phase metallicities and the mass-metallicity relation of a large sample of local active galaxies for the first time. Observed emission-line fluxes from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) are compared to a four-dimensional grid of photoionization models using the Bayesian parameter estimation code NebulaBayes. For the first time we take into account arbitrary mixing between HII region and narrow-line region (NLR) emission, and the models are also varied with metallicity, ionization parameter in the NLR, and the gas pressure. The active galactic nucleus (AGN) oxygen abundance is found to increase by $Δ{\rm O/H} \sim 0.1$ dex as a function of host galaxy stellar mass over the range $10.1 < \log M_* / M_\odot < 11.3$. We also measure the metallicity and ionization parameter of 231000 star-forming galaxies for comparison with the sample of 7670 Seyfert 2 galaxies. A systematic offset in oxygen abundance of 0.09 dex is observed between the mass-metallicity relations of the star-forming and active galaxies. We investigate potential causes of the offset, including sample selection and the treatment in the models of diffuse ionized gas, pressure, and ionization parameter. We cannot identify the major cause(s), but suspect contributions due to deficiencies in modeling the ionizing spectra and the treatment of dust physics. Optical diagnostic diagrams are presented with the star-forming and Seyfert data colored by the inferred oxygen abundance, ionization parameter and gas pressure, clearly illustrating the trends in these quantities.

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