The Nuclear Region of Low Luminosity Flat Radio Spectrum Sources. II. Emission-Line Spectra

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2003-09-23

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0309620v1

Astron.Astrophys.413:97-106,2004

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

LaTeX file, aa.cls (vs. 5.2), 12 pages, 1 table and 3 figures (Fig.2 was bitmapped; a higher resolution figure is available at

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20031494

We report on the spectroscopic study of 19 low luminosity Flat Radio Spectrum (LL FRS) sources selected from Marcha's et al. (1996) 200 mJy sample. In the optical, these objects are mainly dominated by the host galaxy starlight. After correcting the data for this effect, we obtain a new set of spectra clearly displaying weak emission lines; such features carry valuable information concerning the excitation mechanisms at work in the nuclear regions of LL FRS sources. We have used a special routine to model the spectra and assess the intensities and velocities of the emission lines; we have analyzed the results in terms of diagnostic diagrams. Our analysis shows that 79% of the studied objects harbour a Low Ionization Nuclear Emission-line Region (or LINER) whose contribution was swamped by the host galaxy starlight. The remaining objects display a higher ionization spectrum, more typical of Seyferts; due to the poor quality of the spectra, it was not possible to identify any possible large Balmer components. The fact that we observe a LINER-type spectrum in LL FRS sources supports the idea that some of these objects could be undergoing an ADAF phase; in addition, such a low ionization emission-line spectrum is in agreement with the black hole mass values and sub-Eddington accretion rates published for some FRS sources.

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