Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-06-19
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
9 pages, accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Scientific paper
We present the analysis of morphological and photometric properties of a sample of isolated spirals with (18) and without (11) an active nucleus, based on near-infrared imaging in the J and K' bands. The aim of this analysis is to find the differential properties that could be directly connected with the phenomenon of nuclear activity. We stress the importance of using isolated objects for that purpose. Our study shows that both sets of galaxies are similar in their global properties: they define the same Kormendy relation, their disk components share the same properties, the bulge and disk scale lengths are correlated in a similar way, bar strengths and lengths are similar for primary bars. Hosts of isolated Seyfert galaxies have bulge and disk properties comparable to those of isolated non active spirals. Central colors (the innermost 200 pc) of active galaxies are redder than the centers of non active spirals, most probably due to AGN light being re-emitted by the hot dust and/or due to circumnuclear star formation, through the contribution of giants/supergiants. Only one of the Seyfert galaxies in our sample does not present a primary bar,but both primary and secondary bars are equally present in active and control objects. Secondary central elongations (associated with secondary bars, lenses, rings or disks) may be somewhat different. Numerical models indicate that such secondary bars are not strictly necessary to feed the central engine when a primary bar is present. Our results show that down to scales of 100-300 pc, there are no obvious differences between active and non active spiral galaxies.
Durret Florence
Gonzalez Delgado Rosa Maria
Marquez Isabel
Marrero Ignacio
Masegosa Josefa
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