Observational evidence for AGN fueling. I. The merging of NGC6104 with a companion

Details Observational evidence for AGN fueling. I. The merging of NGC6104 with a companion Observational evidence for AGN fueling. I. The merging of NGC6104 with a companion

2006-07-08

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0607163v1

Astron.Lett.32:520-533,2006

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

12 pages, 2 tables, 6 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy Letters

Scientific paper

10.1134/S1063773706080032

We investigate in details the kinematics and morphology of the Seyfert galaxy NGC6104 in order to identify the mechanism of gas transportation to the active galactic nucleus (AGN). Our observational data were obtained at the 6-m Special Astrophysical Observatory telescope with the MPFS integral-field spectrograph and the SCORPIO universal device in three modes: direct imaging, a scanning Fabry-Perot interferometer, and long-slit spectroscopy. Images from the HST archive were invoked to study the structure of the circumnuclear region. An analysis of deep images has revealed that NGC6104 is in the phase of active merging with a companion galaxy. We have been able to study the detailed picture of ionized gas motions up to galactocentric distances of 14 kpc and to construct the stellar velocity field for the inner region. The radial gas motions toward the AGN along the central bar play a significant role at galactocentric distances of 1-5 kpc. In addition, we have detected an outflow of ionized gas from the nucleus that presumably resulted from the intrusion of a radio jet into the ambient interstellar medium. Using diagnostic diagrams, we estimate the contributions from the AGN and star formation to the galactic gas ionization. We estimate the bar pattern speed by the Tremaine-Weinberg method and show that the inner ring observed in the galactic images has a resonant nature. Two possible ring formation scenarios (before and during the interaction with a companion) are discussed.

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