Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Apr 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990apj...353..438p&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 353, April 20, 1990, p. 438-444.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Active Galactic Nuclei, Galactic Mass, Seyfert Galaxies, Error Analysis, Quasars, Visible Spectrum
Scientific paper
The first mass function of Seyfert 1 nuclei is derived from optical spectra of the complete CfA sample of Seyfert galaxies by estimating the mass for each object from a dynamical relation. An independent estimate is also derived using a complete infrared-selected sample. The two mass functions are indistinguishable. The mean mass of Seyfert 1 nuclei is about 2 x 10 to the 7th solar masses, and the integrated mass density is about 6 x 10 to the 11th solar masses/cu Gpc. This is approximately two orders of magnitude less than the value inferred from the energetics associated with quasar counts. A careful analysis of the various parameters and assumptions involved suggests that this large difference is not due to systematic errors in the determinations. Therefore, the bulk of mass related to the accretion processes connected with past quasar activity does not reside in Seyfert 1 nuclei. Instead, the remnants of past activity must be present in a much larger number of galaxies, and a one-to-one relation between distant and local active galactic nuclei seems then to be excluded.
Burg Richard
Edelson Richard A.
Padovani Paolo
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