Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
May 2005
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005assl..329p..20g&link_type=abstract
Starbursts: From 30 Doradus to Lyman Break Galaxies, Held in Cambridge, UK, 6-10 September 2004. Edited by R. de Grijs and R.M.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Recent studies in the optical and UV have detected circumnuclear starbursts in 40% of nearby Seyfert-2 galaxies; about half of the remaining 60% present a UV excess whose nature is not well known, mainly because of the limitations of the current stellar population analysis techniques in the optical and UV domains. A possible way to circumvent these difficulties is to use a determination of the mass-to-light (M/L) ratio, obtained with a combination of velocity dispersion measurements and photometric information. Dynamical information in AGN (particularly in type 2) is better determined from NIR spectroscopic data, where the stellar absorption features are less affected by the nuclear continuum dilution. In this work, we present preliminary results of a spectroscopic survey of more than 60 Seyfert nuclei (mainly Seyfert 2s), conducted at ESO/La Silla and at KPNO. For many of these objects we have complementary data, such as HST images, optical and (in some cases) UV spectroscopy. The long-slit spectroscopy for the purpose of this project was performed around the NIR Ca II triplet lines at 8498, 8542 and 8662Å. Here we describe the analysis steps taken so far, and present the first results concerning velocity dispersion measurements in nuclear regions. With these data we aim to investigate the ambiguous Seyfert 2 nuclei nature, thus contributing to a better understanding of the AGN-starburst connection.
Cid Fernandes Roberto
Delgado Rosa Gonzalez
Garcia-Rissmann Aurea
Schmitt Henrique
Vale Asari Natalia
No associations
LandOfFree
A Kinematic Study of the Nuclear Stellar Populations in Seyfert Galaxies does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.
If you have personal experience with A Kinematic Study of the Nuclear Stellar Populations in Seyfert Galaxies, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and A Kinematic Study of the Nuclear Stellar Populations in Seyfert Galaxies will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1701726