Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-09-11
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
10 pages, 8 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12438.x
We present the results of H- and K-band VLT/SINFONI integral field spectroscopy of the ULIRG IRAS 19254-7245 (The Super-antennae), an interacting double galaxy system containing an embedded AGN. Deep K-band spectroscopy reveals PaAlpha arising in a warped disc with position angle of 330 degree and an inclination i=40-55 degree. The kinemetric parameters derived for H2 are similar to PaAlpha. Two high-ionization emission lines, [SiVI] and [AlIX], are detected and we identify as [NiII] the line observed at 1.94 micron. Diluting non-stellar continuum, which was previously detected, has decayed, and the H-band continuum emission is consistent with pure stellar emission. Based on H2 emission line ratios it is likely that at the central 1-kpc region H2 is excited by UV fluorescence in dense clouds while shock excitation is dominant further out. This scenario is supported by very low PaAlpha to H2 line ratio detected outside the nuclear region and non-thermal ortho/para ratios (~2.0 - 2.5) close to the nucleus.
Ivanov Valentin Dimitrov
Reunanen Juha
Tacconi-Garman Lowell Evan
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