Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1995-12-29
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
34 pages (text and tables) AASTEX, figures available from colbert@stsci.edu, ApJ Supp., June 1996
Scientific paper
10.1086/192307
We have launched a search for large-scale ($\gapprox$1 kpc) minor-axis outflows in edge-on Seyfert galaxies in order to assess their frequency of occurrence and study their properties. Here we present optical continuum and \han2 line images and/or minor-axis long-slit spectra of 22 edge-on Seyfert galaxies. Six of these galaxies show at least one of the following: (i) bi-symmetric H$\alpha$ halos extending along the minor axis, (ii) bright emission-line complexes at distances $\gapprox$4 kpc (in projection) out of the disk, and (iii) double-peaked emission-line profiles from the gas along the minor-axis, suggesting that a wind-blown bubble is present. Our results indicate that $\gapprox$${{1}\over{4}}$ of Seyferts have good evidence for minor-axis galactic outflows. Kinetic luminosities of the galactic outflows in our sample Seyferts are $\sim$10$^{40}$$-$10$^{42}$ erg~s$^{-1}$, assuming all of the observed minor-axis emission is produced by the outflow. These values are, in general, $\sim$0.1 as large as those for well-studied cases of superwinds in starburst galaxies (Heckman, Armus \& Miley 1990). However, far-infrared luminosities of our sample Seyferts are also $\sim$0.1 as large. Both starburst-driven superwinds and wide-angled outflows from the active galactic nucleus are possible explanations for the observed large-scale outflows.
Baum Stefi A.
Caganoff Saul
Colbert Edward J. M.
Gallimore Jack F.
Lehnert Matt D.
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