Low radiative efficiency accretion at work in active galactic nuclei: the nuclear spectral energy distribution of NGC4565

Details Low radiative efficiency accretion at work in active galactic nuclei: the nuclear spectral energy distribution of NGC4565 Low radiative efficiency accretion at work in active galactic nuclei: the nuclear spectral energy distribution of NGC4565

2006-01-27

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0601629v2

Astrophys.J.651:728-734,2006

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

7 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal

Scientific paper

10.1086/508131

We derive the spectral energy distribution (SED) of the nucleus of the Seyfert galaxy NGC4565. Despite its classification as a Seyfert2, the nuclear source is substantially unabsorbed. The absorption we find from Chandra data (N_H=2.5 X 10^21 cm^-2) is consistent with that produced by material in the galactic disk of the host galaxy. HST images show a nuclear unresolved source in all of the available observations, from the near-IR H band to the optical U band. The SED is completely different from that of Seyfert galaxies and QSO, as it appears basically ``flat'' in the IR-optical region, with a small drop-off in the U-band. The location of the object in diagnostic planes for low luminosity AGNs excludes a jet origin for the optical nucleus, and its extremely low Eddington ratio L_o/L_Edd indicates that the radiation we observe is most likely produced in a radiatively inefficient accretion flow (RIAF). This would make NGC4565 the first AGN in which an ADAF-like process is identified in the optical. We find that the relatively high [OIII] flux observed from the ground cannot be all produced in the nucleus. Therefore, an extended NLR must exist in this object. This may be interpreted in the framework of two different scenarios: i) the radiation from ADAFs is sufficient to give rise to high ionization emission-line regions through photoionization, or ii) the nuclear source has recently ``turned-off'', switching from a high-efficiency accretion regime to the present low-efficiency state.

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