Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1998-10-17
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
6 pages, 1 figure, accepted for publication in MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1046/j.1365-8711.1999.02203.x
We present the results of an optical spectral synthesis analysis for the nuclei of 20 Seyfert 2 and 4 Radio Galaxies, using a base of stellar population templates of different ages and metallicities and a power-law continuum. Compared with the stellar population of elliptical galaxies, we find that Seyfert 2s usually have a smaller contribution from old metal rich stars (10 Gyr, Z>=Z_o), and a larger contribution from stars with 100 Myr. We also find that the contributions from stars with age <=10 Myr and from a power law continuum are small, rarely exceeding 5 per cent. These results show that the general assumption of elliptical galaxies as stellar population templates for these objects is incorrect, also implying that the excess blue continuum frequently found in their nuclear spectra is probably due to this template mismatch. We find a considerable contribution from 100 Myr stars (~5 per cent), which can be interpreted from the point of view of models where the fueling of the AGN is done by interactions/mergers.
Cid Fernandes Roberto
Schmitt Henrique R.
Storchi-Bergmann Thaisa
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