An Alignment between Optical Continuum and Emission-Line Structures in the Circumnuclear Regions of Seyfert Galaxies

1995 ◽  
Vol 455 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
John S. Mulchaey ◽  
Andrew S. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Emission Line ◽  
Seyfert Galaxies ◽  
Optical Continuum

scholarly journals The Excitation Mechanism of Emission‐Line Regions in Seyfert Galaxies

1999 ◽  
Vol 521 (2) ◽  
pp. 531-546 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Evans ◽  
Anuradha Koratkar ◽  
Mark Allen ◽  
Michael Dopita ◽  
Zlatan Tsvetanov
Keyword(s):  
Emission Line ◽  
Seyfert Galaxies ◽  
Excitation Mechanism

scholarly journals Spectral Variability in Seyfert Galaxies

1987 ◽  
Vol 121 ◽  
pp. 161-167
Author(s):  
B.M. Peterson
Keyword(s):  
Active Galactic Nuclei ◽  
Galactic Nuclei ◽  
Seyfert Galaxies ◽  
Broad Line ◽  
Spectral Variability ◽  
Broad Line Region ◽  
Broad Emission ◽  
Line Region ◽  
Order Of Magnitude ◽  
Optical Continuum

Recent observations of spectral variability in active galactic nuclei have established the connection between the broad emission-line and optical continuum flux changes. The inferred size of the broad-line region is at least an order of magnitude smaller than conventional estimates based on photoionization models, which leads to new conclusions about the nature of the broad-line region.

scholarly journals Dust Distribution in IRAS Seyfert Galaxies

1994 ◽  
Vol 159 ◽  
pp. 355-355
Author(s):  
M. G. Pastoriza ◽  
Charles Bonatto ◽  
Eduardo Bica ◽  
T. Storchi-Bergmann
Keyword(s):  
Emission Line ◽  
Power Law ◽  
Dust Emission ◽  
Seyfert Galaxies ◽  
Emission Model ◽  
Line Region ◽  
Population Type ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Dilution Effects ◽  
Dust Distribution

Observational evidences of dust in the nuclear region of AGNs are substantial (Rudy 1984, ApJ, 284, 33; Jones et al. 1984, PASP, 96, 692). The ionization cones observed in several Seyfert galaxies has been interpreted as shadowing effects by a dust obscuring torus which hides the broad emission line region (BLR) and the central source (Wilson 1992; Storchi-Bergmann, Mulchaey and Wilson 1992, ApJ 395, L73). A large sample of optical and far-IR data for IRAS Seyfert galaxies has been analysed together with dust emission models (Bonatto and Pastoriza 1993), where it has been concluded that the same dust emission model can be applied to both Seyfert types. In order to further study the effects of dust in the spectra of active galactic nuclei, we have obtained spectrophotometry of 21 IRAS Seyfert galaxies in the range 3500–7200 Å and analyse them in conjuction with their IRAS fluxes. The stellar population type is derived from comparisons with normal galaxy templates using dilution effects in the K CaII line as discriminator. For 55% of the sample the population is of late type. For the rest, blue continua due to recent star formation and/or power-law may amount up to 30% at 4000Å. We conclude that the bulge stellar populations of IRAS Seyfert galaxies are similar to those of normal spirals, except that they are more reddened by E(B-V)i ∼ 0.20. Population-subtracted emission line ratios indicate on average stronger reddening for the narrow-line region (E(B-V)l ∼ 0.8. From photoionization models a power-law index for the ionizing continuum α=1.5, and a metallicity larger than solar are obtained. The most luminous IRAS galaxy of the sample (IRAS555) is discuss in detail: in order to be compatible with the observed IRAS fluxes and the optical stellar continuum, the ionizing continuum must be reddened by AV > 10 magnitudes. Consequently a dust structure in this galaxy appears to be increasingly affecting stars and gas towards the galaxy center.

scholarly journals On the Effects of Dissipative Turbulence on the Narrow Emission‐Line Ratios in Seyfert Galaxies

2007 ◽  
Vol 668 (2) ◽  
pp. 730-737 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. B. Kraemer ◽  
M. C. Bottorff ◽  
D. M. Crenshaw
Keyword(s):  
Emission Line ◽  
Seyfert Galaxies ◽  
Dissipative Turbulence ◽  
Narrow Emission

An Emission-Line Imaging Survey of Early-Type Seyfert Galaxies. II. Implications for Unified Schemes

1996 ◽  
Vol 467 ◽  
pp. 197 ◽  
Author(s):  
John S. Mulchaey ◽  
Andrew S. Wilson ◽  
Zlatan Tsvetanov
Keyword(s):  
Emission Line ◽  
Seyfert Galaxies ◽  
Early Type ◽  
Line Imaging

scholarly journals Broad-line region structure and line profile variations in the changing look AGN HE 1136-2304

2018 ◽  
Vol 619 ◽  
pp. A168 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Kollatschny ◽  
M. W. Ochmann ◽  
M. Zetzl ◽  
M. Haas ◽  
D. Chelouche ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Seyfert Galaxies ◽  
Spectroscopic Properties ◽  
Emission Lines ◽  
Broad Line ◽  
Spectral Variability ◽  
Continuum Source ◽  
Line Intensities ◽  
Broad Line Region ◽  
Line Region ◽  
Optical Continuum

Aims. A strong X-ray outburst was detected in HE 1136-2304 in 2014. Accompanying optical spectra revealed that the spectral type has changed from a nearly Seyfert 2 type (1.95), classified by spectra taken 10 and 20 years ago, to a Seyfert 1.5 in our most recent observations. We seek to investigate a detailed spectroscopic campaign on the spectroscopic properties and spectral variability behavior of this changing look AGN and compare this to other variable Seyfert galaxies. Methods. We carried out a detailed spectroscopic variability campaign of HE 1136-2304 with the 10 m Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) between 2014 December and 2015 July. Results. The broad-line region (BLR) of HE 1136-2304 is stratified with respect to the distance of the line-emitting regions. The integrated emission line intensities of Hα, Hβ, He I λ5876, and He II λ4686 originate at distances of 15.0−3.8+4.2, 7.5−5.7+4.6, 7.3−4.4+2.8, and 3.0−3.7+5.3 light days with respect to the optical continuum at 4570 Å. The variability amplitudes of the integrated emission lines are a function of distance to the ionizing continuum source as well. We derived a central black hole mass of 3.8 ± 3.1 × 107 M⊙ based on the linewidths and distances of the BLR. The outer line wings of all BLR lines respond much faster to continuum variations indicating a Keplerian disk component for the BLR. The response in the outer wings is about two light days shorter than the response of the adjacent continuum flux with respect to the ionizing continuum flux. The vertical BLR structure in HE 1136-2304 confirms a general trend that the emission lines of narrow line active galactic nuclei (AGNs) originate at larger distances from the midplane in comparison to AGNs showing broader emission lines. Otherwise, the variability behavior of this changing look AGN is similar to that of other AGN.

scholarly journals Long-term optical, UV, and X-ray continuum variations in the changing-look AGN HE 1136-2304

2018 ◽  
Vol 618 ◽  
pp. A83 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Zetzl ◽  
W. Kollatschny ◽  
M. W. Ochmann ◽  
D. Grupe ◽  
M. Haas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spectral Type ◽  
Seyfert Galaxies ◽  
Spectral Variability ◽  
Tidal Disruption ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Variability Pattern ◽  
Optical Continuum ◽  
Seyfert Type ◽  
The Continuum

Aims. A strong outburst in the X-ray continuum and a change of its Seyfert spectral type was detected in HE 1136-2304 in 2014. The spectral type changed from nearly Seyfert 2 type (1.95) to Seyfert 1.5 type in comparison to previous observations taken ten to twenty years before. In a subsequent variability campaign we wanted to investigate whether this outburst was a single event or whether the variability pattern following the outburst was similar to those seen in other variable Seyfert galaxies. Methods. In addition to a SALT spectral variability campaign, we carried out optical continuum, as well as X-ray and UV (Swift) monitoring studies from 2014 to 2017. Results. HE 1136-2304 strongly varied on timescales of days to months from 2014 to 2017. No systematic trends were found in the variability behavior following the outburst in 2014. A general decrease in flux would have been expected for a tidal disruption event. This could not be confirmed. More likely the flux variations are connected to irregular fluctuations in the accretion rate. The strongest variability amplitudes have been found in the X-ray regime: HE 1136-2304 varied by a factor of eight during 2015. The amplitudes of the continuum variability (from the UV to the optical) systematically decreased with wavelength following a power law Fvar = a × λ−c with c = 0.84. There is a trend that the B-band continuum shows a delay of three light days with respect to the variable X-ray flux. The Seyfert type 1.5 did not change despite the strong continuum variations for the period between 2014 and 2017.

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