Integral Field Spectroscopy of Mrk 273: Mapping 10^3 km/s Gas Flows and an Off-Nucleus Seyfert 2 Nebula

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1999-10-19

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9910344v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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ApJ Letters, in press

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10.1086/312389

Integral field optical spectroscopy with the INTEGRAL fiber-based systemis used to map the extended ionized regions and gas flows in Mrk 273, one of the closest Ultraluminous Infrared galaxies (ULIRGs). The Hbeta and [OIII]5007 maps show the presence of two distinct regions separated by 4'' (3.1 kpc) along position angle (PA) 240. The northeastern region coincides with the optical nucleus of the galaxy and shows the spectral characteristics of LINERs. The southwestern region is dominated by [OIII] emission and is classified as a Seyfert 2. Therefore, in the optical, Mrk 273 is an ultraluminous infrared galaxy with a LINER nucleus and an extended off-nucleus Seyfert 2 nebula. The kinematics of the [OIII] ionized gas shows (i) the presence of highly disturbed gas in the regions around the LINER nucleus, (ii) a high-velocity gas flow with a peak-to-peak amplitude of 2.4 x 10^3 km/s, and (iii) quiescent gas in the outer regions (at 3 kpc). We hypothesize that the high-velocity flow is the starburst-driven superwind generated in an optically obscured nuclear starburst, and that the quiescent gas is directly ionized by a nuclear source, like the ionization cones typically seen in Seyfert galaxies.

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