The circumnuclear region in the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 5953

被引:26
作者
Delgado, RMG
Perez, E
机构
[1] INST ASTROFIS CANARIAS, E-38200 LA LAGUNA, TENERIFE, SPAIN
[2] CSIC, INST ASTROFIS ANDALUCIA, E-18080 GRANADA, SPAIN
关键词
galaxies; abundances; active; individual; NGC; 5953; interactions; nuclei; Seyfert;
D O I
10.1093/mnras/281.3.781
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
This article presents narrow-band H alpha and [O III] images of the interacting pair of galaxies NGC 5953 (with a Seyfert type 2 nucleus) and NGC 5954 (with a LINER). Long-slit spectroscopy? from [Nev] lambda 3425 Angstrom to [S III] lambda 9532 Angstrom, at intermediate resolution along position angles 44 degrees and 182 degrees through the nucleus of NGC 5953, is also presented. Both objects show a recent burst of star formation in the circumnuclear region, more conspicuous in NGC 5953. The HII regions are photoionized by a cluster of stars with effective temperature 42 000 K; the ionized gas has a metallicity of three times the solar value, with an overabundance of nitrogen. In the north-eastern part of the nucleus of NGC 5953 there is extended circumnuclear emission produced by a mixture of low- and high-excitation gas, which is kinematically perturbed; this probably reflects photoionization by stars and by an additional source, which may be identified with radiation escaping from the nucleus and/or ionization related to the radio jet, which has a geometry closely related to the line emission. A problem is identified with the line ratios involving the infrared [S III] lines, which may reflect a problem with the sulphur atomic parameters, depletion of the sulphur abundance or the inadequacy of one-component photoionization models to reproduce the observed line ratios.
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页码:781 / 798
页数:18
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