Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
May 2000
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"Astrophysical Plasmas: Codes, Models, and Observations, Proceedings of the conference held in Mexico City, October 25-29, 1999,
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Scientific paper
We study optical profiles and the physical conditions of the narrow line region (NLR) of narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1s). Our results show that the flux carried out by the narrow component of Hβ can be up to 10 times higher than the value usually adopted in the literature. As a result, the O IIIλ5007/Hβ ratio emitted in the NLR varies from 1 to 5, instead of the universally adopted value of 10. We test photoionization models that consider a NLR composed of a combination of matter-bounded and ionization-bounded clouds and show that this scenario reproduces with very good agreement the observed emission lines ratios of NLS1s. We propose that the peculiar properties of the NLR of NLS1s can be explained by a steep continuum of power-law form in the EUV-soft X-ray region, with spectral index α ~ -2.2, consistent with ROSAT observations of this class of objects.
Binette Luc
Donzelli Carlos José
Pastoriza Miriani Griselda
Rodriguez-Ardila Alberto
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