The hst view of the narrow line region of seyfert galaxies
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| contents | The hst view of the narrow line region of seyfert galaxies Alessandro Capetti Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas GALAXIES: ISM GALAXIES: JETS GALAXIES: SEYFERT HST observations provided us with the spatial resolution required to explore in detail the properties of theNarrow Line Region of Seyfert galaxies. In Seyferts with extended radio structures the HST images revealeda very close connection between radio and optical line emission. We interpret this result as strong evidencethat the line-emitting gas is compressed by the shocks created by the passage of the radio-emitting outow.The increase in the density due to the shocks causes the line emission to be highly enhanced in the regionwhere this interaction occurs. Spectroscopy of the NLR conrms the presence of a strong interaction: in theregion co-spatial with the radio-jets, the gas velocity eld is highly perturbed and shows two velocity systemsseparated by as much as 1700km s... 2002 artículo científico 0185-1101 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57101331 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=571 Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica application/pdf Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica (México) Vol.13 |
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| spellingShingle | The hst view of the narrow line region of seyfert galaxies Alessandro Capetti Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas GALAXIES: ISM GALAXIES: JETS GALAXIES: SEYFERT The hst view of the narrow line region of seyfert galaxies Alessandro Capetti Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas GALAXIES: ISM GALAXIES: JETS GALAXIES: SEYFERT HST observations provided us with the spatial resolution required to explore in detail the properties of theNarrow Line Region of Seyfert galaxies. In Seyferts with extended radio structures the HST images revealeda very close connection between radio and optical line emission. We interpret this result as strong evidencethat the line-emitting gas is compressed by the shocks created by the passage of the radio-emitting outow.The increase in the density due to the shocks causes the line emission to be highly enhanced in the regionwhere this interaction occurs. Spectroscopy of the NLR conrms the presence of a strong interaction: in theregion co-spatial with the radio-jets, the gas velocity eld is highly perturbed and shows two velocity systemsseparated by as much as 1700km s... 2002 artículo científico 0185-1101 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57101331 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=571 Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica application/pdf Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica (México) Vol.13 |
| title | The hst view of the narrow line region of seyfert galaxies |
| topic | Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas GALAXIES: ISM GALAXIES: JETS GALAXIES: SEYFERT |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57101331 |