Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2010-03-15
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Main Journal. The paper contains 11 figures and
Scientific paper
We have studied the relationship between the nuclear (high-resolution) radio emission, at 8.4 GHz (3.6 cm) and 1.4 GHz (20 cm), the [O IV] 25.89um, [Ne III] 15.56um and [Ne II] 12.81um emission lines and the black hole mass accretion rate for a sample of Seyfert galaxies. In order to characterize the radio contribution for the Seyfert nuclei we used the 8.4GHz/[O IV] ratio, assuming that [O IV] scales with the luminosity of the AGN. From this we find that Seyfert 1's (i.e., Seyfert 1.0's, 1.2's, and 1.5's) and Seyfert 2's (i.e., Seyfert 1.8's, 1.9's, and 2.0's) have similar radio contributions, relative to the AGN. On the other hand, sources in which the [Ne II] emission is dominated either by the AGN or star formation have statistically different radio contributions, with star formation dominated sources more "radio loud", by a factor of ~2.8 on average, than AGN dominated sources. We show that star formation dominated sources with relatively larger radio contribution have smaller mass accretion rates. Overall, we suggest that 8.4GHz/[O IV], or alternatively, 1.4GHz/[O IV] ratios, can be used to characterize the radio contribution, relative to the AGN, without the limitation of previous methods that rely on optical observables.
Kraemer Steven B.
Mélendez Marcio
Schmitt Henrique R.
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