Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-02-14
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 359 (2005) 408-416
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
9 pages, 8 figures. Accepted by MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.08910.x
We have determined the structure and kinematics of ionised gas in the weak oval bar of the archetypal Seyfert 1 galaxy, NGC 4151, using the TAURUS Fabry-Perot interferometer to simultaneously map the distribution and kinematics of Hbeta emission. We also present broad-band ultraviolet imaging of the host galaxy, obtained with XMM-Newton, that shows the detailed distribution of star formation in the bar and in the optically-faint outer spiral arms. We compare the distribution and kinematics of ionised gas with that previously determined in neutral hydrogen by Mundell & Shone; we suggest that the distribution of bright, patchy UV emission close to the HI shocks is consistent with ionisation by star clusters that have formed in compressed pre-shock gas. These clusters then travel ballistically through the gaseous shock to ionise gas downstream along the leading edge of the bar. In addition, we detect, for the first time, ionised gas within the shock itself which is streaming to smaller radii in the same manner as the neutral gas.
Asif M. W.
Mundell Carole G.
Pedlar Alan
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