NGC 7679: an anomalous, composite Seyfert 1 galaxy whose, X-ray luminous AGN vanishes at optical wavelengths

Details NGC 7679: an anomalous, composite Seyfert 1 galaxy whose, X-ray luminous AGN vanishes at optical wavelengths NGC 7679: an anomalous, composite Seyfert 1 galaxy whose, X-ray luminous AGN vanishes at optical wavelengths

2005-10-03

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0510034v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

11 pages, 9 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20053204

Morphological disturbances and gas kinematics of the SB0 galaxy NGC 7679=Arp 216 are investigated to get clues to the history of this highly composite object, where AGN and starburst signatures dominate each other in the X-ray and optical/IR regime, respectively. Perturbations of the ionized gas velocity field appear quite mild within 15'' (~5 kpc) from the center, so as it can be straightforwardly modeled as a circularly rotating disk. On the contrary, outside that radius, significant disturbances show up. In particular, the eastern distorted arm as well as the huge neutral hydrogen bridge connecting NGC 7679 with the nearby Seyfert spiral NGC 7682 unambiguously represent the vestige of a close encounter of the two objects dating back ~500 Myr ago. The relationship of such past event with the much more recent, centrally located starburst (not older than 20 Myr) cannot be easily established. Altogether, the classification of NGC 7679, turns out to be less extreme than that proposed in the past, being simply a (disturbed) galaxy where starburst and AGN activity cohexist with a starburst dominating the bolometric luminosity.

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