Long slit spectroscopy of a sample of isolated spirals with and without an AGN

Details Long slit spectroscopy of a sample of isolated spirals with and without an AGN Long slit spectroscopy of a sample of isolated spirals with and without an AGN

2003-11-28

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0311616v1

Astron.Astrophys. 416 (2004) 475-498

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

35 pages, 54 figures, Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics The full paper with its figures is available on the

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20034108

We present the kinematical data obtained for a sample of active (Seyfert) and non active isolated spiral galaxies, based on long slit spectra along several position angles in the Halpha line region and, in some cases, in the Ca triplet region as well. Gas velocity distributions are presented, together with a simple circular rotation model that allows to determine the kinematical major axes. Stellar velocity distributions are also shown. The main result is that active and control galaxies seem to be equivalent in all kinematical aspects. For both subsamples, the departure from pure circular rotation in some galaxies can be explained by the presence of a bar and/or of a spiral arm. They also present the same kind of peculiarities, in particular, S-shape structures are quite common near the nuclear regions. They define very similar Tully-Fisher relations. Emission line ratios are given for all the detected HII regions; the analysis of the [NII]/Halpha metallicity indicator shows that active and non-active galaxies have indistinguishable disk metallicities. These results argue in favour of active and non-active isolated spiral galaxies having essentially the same properties, in agreement with our previous results based on the analysis of near infrared images. It appears now necessary to confirm these results on a larger sample.

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