Spectral properties of AGN with very weak [O III] lines
The spectral properties of a sample of 58 Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) spectra, in which emission [O III] ??4959, 5007 ? lines are weak or totally absent, are analyzed. In order to investigate the physical reason for the [O III] emission suppression, the spectral properties of the weak [O III] spect...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Serbian astronomical journal. 2011-01, Vol.182 (182), p.17-24 |
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Zusammenfassung: | The spectral properties of a sample of 58 Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN)
spectra, in which emission [O III] ??4959, 5007 ? lines are weak or totally
absent, are analyzed. In order to investigate the physical reason for the [O
III] emission suppression, the spectral properties of the weak [O III]
spectra sample are compared with the same properties of a sample of 269
spectra with the strong [O III] lines. The spectra are obtained from Sloan
Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Database. It is found that the objects with the
weak or absent [O III] ??4959, 5007 ? lines generally have the high continuum
luminosities (log(?L5100) > 45), that they are very rare at smaller redshifts
(z < 0.3) and that they usually have strong starburst influence. From the
sample with weak or absent [O III] lines, two boundary subgroups may be
distinguished: the subgroup with a strong H? narrow component and subgroup
with a very weak or negligible H? narrow component. The physical causes for
the [O III] lines suppressing are probably different in these two subgroups:
the [O III] lines are absent in objects with strong narrow H? probably
because of strong starburst (SB) activity, which produces high density of the
gas, while in the objects with the negligible narrow H?, the reason for [O
III] and narrow H? suppression may be a low covering factor.
Analizirane su spektralne osobine uzorka od 58 aktivnih galaktickih jezgara
(AGJ) u kojem su [O III]??4959, 5007 ? linije slabe ili potpuno odsutne. U
cilju istrazivanja fizickog razloga slabe emisije [O III], spektralne osobine
uzorka sa slabim [O III] linijama su uporedjene sa istim osobinama AGJ uzorka
od 269 spektara sa znacajnom jacinom [O III] linija. Spektri su preuzeti iz
Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) baze. Primeceno je da objekti sa slabim ili
odsutnim [O III] ??4959, 5007 ? linijama uglavnom imaju visoke luminoznosti
kontinuuma (log(?L5100) > 45), retko se nalaze na malim crvenim pomacima (z <
0.3) i uglavnom imaju jak uticaj regiona u kojima se intenzivno formiraju
zvezde. U uzorku sa slabim [O III] linijama, mogu se izdvojiti dve granicne
podgrupe: podgrupa sa jakom uskom H? komponentom i podgrupa sa vrlo slabom
ili zanemarljivom uskom H? komponentom. Fizicki razlog slabe emisije [O III]
linija u ova dva poduzorka je verovatno razlicit: [O III] linije su slabe u
objektima sa jakom uskom H? verovatno zbog pojacane aktivnosti u regionima u
kojima se intenzivno formiraju zvezde, sto povecava gustinu gasa, dok u
objektima sa zanemarljivom us |
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ISSN: | 1450-698X 1820-9289 |
DOI: | 10.2298/SAJ1182017K |