The Intermediate Line Region in AGN: a region "praeter necessitatem"?

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1999-04-15

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9904203v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

3 Figs. 1 Table, accepted for publication in Astrophysical Journal Letters

Scientific paper

10.1086/312060

As a consequence of improved S/N, spectral resolution and wavelength coverage various authors have introduced, without strong justification, new emitting regions to account for various emission line profile differences in AGN. The so-called CIVlambda1549 intermediate line region (ILR) appears to be especially ill-defined. We present observational evidence that suggests the ILR is statistically indistinguishable from the classical narrow line region (NLR). We present the results of theoretical models showing that a smooth density gradient in the NLR can produce CIV and Balmer emission lines with different widths. The putative ILR component has often been included with the broad line profile in studies of CIV BLR properties. Failure to account for the composite nature of CIV emission, and for the presence of sometimes appreciable NLR CIV emission, has important consequences for our understanding of the BLR.

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