Compact radio cores in three Seyfert galaxies - High resolution studies of MKN 3, MKN 231, and MKN 463

Details Compact radio cores in three Seyfert galaxies - High resolution studies of MKN 3, MKN 231, and MKN 463 Compact radio cores in three Seyfert galaxies - High resolution studies of MKN 3, MKN 231, and MKN 463

Sep 1988

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988aj.....96..841n&link_type=abstract

Astronomical Journal (ISSN 0004-6256), vol. 96, Sept. 1988, p. 841-850.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Active Galactic Nuclei, Markarian Galaxies, Quasars, Radio Emission, Seyfert Galaxies, Brightness Distribution, High Resolution, Star Formation, Supernova Remnants, Very Large Array (Vla), Very Long Base Interferometry

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The small-scale morphologies of Mkn 231 and Mkn 463 have been investigated using the European VLBI Network (EVN) at 1.6 GHz and the VLA at 15 and 22 GHz. Mkn 3 has been studied using the EVN at 1.4 and 1.6 GHz. All of the galaxies have a substantial fraction of their core radio flux in linear or elongated structures, typically tens of parsecs in extent. Agreement between the parsec- and kiloparsec-scale position angles of continuum radio emission suggests collimated outflow from the galaxy centers that continues over several orders of magnitude in scale. Supernova rates of order one hundred per year on scales of tens of parsecs are required to explain the nuclear radio emission as the result of bursts of star formation. The luminosities, small extents, and linear morphologies of the radio sources all support the idea that the nuclear radio sources are energized by active galactic nuclei and therefore support the more general picture of Seyfert galaxy nuclei being low-luminosity quasars. All of the galaxies appear to have undergone violent interactions in the recent past.

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