Contribution of the disk emission to the broad emission lines in AGNs: Two-component model

We present an investigation of the structure of the emission line region in a sample of 12 single-peaked Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs). Using the high resolution H beta and H alpha line profiles observed with the Isaac Newton Telescope (La Palma) we study the substructure in the lines (such as shoul...

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Veröffentlicht in:Astronomy and astrophysics (Berlin) 2004-09, Vol.423 (3), p.909-918
Hauptverfasser: POPOVIC, L. C, MEDIAVILLA, E, BON, E, ILIC, D
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:We present an investigation of the structure of the emission line region in a sample of 12 single-peaked Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs). Using the high resolution H beta and H alpha line profiles observed with the Isaac Newton Telescope (La Palma) we study the substructure in the lines (such as shoulders or bumps) which can indicate a disk or disk-like emission in Broad Line Regions (BLRs). Applying Gaussian analysis we found that both kinds of emission regions, BLR and NLR, are complex. In this sample the narrow [OIII] lines are composites of two components; NLR1 which have random velocities from similar to 200 to 500 km s super(-1) and systematic velocities toward the blue from 20 to 350 km s super(-1), and NLR2 with smaller random velocities ( similar to 100-200 km s super(-1)) and a redshift corresponding to the cosmological one. The BLR also have complex structure and we apply a two-component model assuming that the line wings originate in a very broad line region (VBLR) and the line core in an intermediate line region (ILR). The VBLR is assumed to be an accretion disk and the ILR a spherical emission region. The model fits very well the H alpha and H beta line profiles of the AGNs.
ISSN:0004-6361
1432-0746
DOI:10.1051/0004-6361:20034431