Starburst superwind and LINER activity in NGC4945

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Apr 1996

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996a%26a...308l...1m&link_type=abstract

Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.308, p.L1.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Galaxies: Starburst, Galaxies: Seyfert, Galaxies: Individual: Ngc4945

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Spectra (3700-10000A) and continuum + line images of NGC4945 at optical (V,R,Z,[OIII],Hα+[NII]) and IR (J,H,K,L,H2,Brγ) wavelengths reveal a conical wind-blown cavity. The Brγ and L band images trace a starburst disc or ring with no morphological similarity to the more extended H_2_ emission which shows the cavity and indicates that it is confined by molecular material heated by shocks or X-rays. The spectra reveal significant bulk motions (<600km/s) line ratios typical of LINERS and the discovery of prominent [CI] which is very weak in Seyferts 1-2 while strong in supernova remnants, including the X-ray excited filaments of the Crab. Shock excitation at the surface of the cavity provides a likely explanation for the line emission although photoionization by X-rays associated with the superwind or the suspected Seyfert nucleus detected in hard X-rays cannot be excluded.

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