The ionizing radiation of Seyfert 2 galactic nuclei

Details The ionizing radiation of Seyfert 2 galactic nuclei The ionizing radiation of Seyfert 2 galactic nuclei

Jun 1993

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 410, no. 2, p. 567-573.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

33

Active Galactic Nuclei, Ionizing Radiation, Seyfert Galaxies, Astronomical Models, Luminosity, Photoionization

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We report the discovery of a nonrandom trend in the dispersion of emission-line intensity ratios for Seyfert 2 galaxies. The sense of this pattern suggests the influence of a single physical parameter, the hardness of the ionizing continuum, which controls the heating energy per ionizing photon. We compare the observed line ratios with new photoionization calculations and find that the observed distributions can be reproduced if the ionizing continuum is parametrized by a power law. Our results also suggest an inverse correlation between luminosity and continuum hardness for Seyfert 2 nuclei; if true, this trend extends a similar pattern known in quasars and Seyfert 1 galaxies to active galactic nuclei of lower luminosity. Samples of Seyfert 2 nuclei with improved selection uniformity are desirable for elaboration of these findings.

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