Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1998-10-07
Astrophys.Space Sci. 260 (1999) 389-396
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
9 pages, Latex, with two figures, and accepted for publication in ApSS
Scientific paper
10.1023/A:1001732306020
In this paper, we report our preliminary results on enhanced star formation activity in Seyfert 2 galaxies. By re-analysing the Tully-Fisher relation for Whittle(1992)'s sample and for a Seyfert 2s' sample selecting from Veron-Cetty & Veron (1996), we find that (1) almost all Seyfert 2 galaxies with circumnuclear star formation have a ratio of far infrared (FIR) to blue luminosities ($L_{FIR}/L_{B}$) to be larger than 1/3; (2) for Seyfert 2 galaxies with $L_{FIR}/L_{B} < 1/3$, the Tully-Fisher relation is similar to that of the normal spiral galaxies; while for those with $\rm L_{FIR}/L_{B} \geq 1/3 $, they are significantly different from the normal ones, which confirms Whittle's suggestion of enhanced star formation activities in the circumnuclear regions of these Seyfert 2 galaxies.
Gu Qiu-Sheng
Huang Jia-Hong
Ji Liangliang
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