Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Jun 1984
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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 281, June 15, 1984, p. 525-534.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
84
Active Galaxies, Galactic Nuclei, Kinematics, Oxygen Spectra, Quasars, Radio Galaxies, Spectral Line Width, Astronomical Catalogs, Forbidden Transitions, H Alpha Line, Optical Emission Spectroscopy, Seyfert Galaxies, Spectral Energy Distribution
Scientific paper
The authors present a large body of new data relevant to the kinematics of the optical emission-line gas in the narrow-line region (NLR). These data consist of 34 moderate resolution spectra of the prominent [O III] λ5007 emission line. The new results are combined with previously published data, yielding [O III] profile information for 75 active galaxies and quasars. The profile widths, asymmetries, and kurtoses are tabulated and used to investigate the global kinematics of the NLR and its relationship to the broad-line region (BLR) and to the nonthermal radio emission. There is no evidence for systematic differences between the kinematics of the NLR in galaxies compared to quasars. This strengthens the hypothesis that quasars are simply high-luminosity nuclei of Seyfert I or broad-line radio galaxies.
Green Richard F.
Heckman Timothy M.
Miley George K.
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