A search for broad infrared recombination lines in NGC 1068

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作者
Lutz, D
Genzel, R
Sturm, E
Tacconi, L
Wieprecht, E
Alexander, T
Netzer, H
Sternberg, A
Moorwood, AFM
Fosbury, RAE
Fricke, K
Wagner, SJ
Quirrenbach, A
Awaki, H
Lo, KY
机构
[1] Max Planck Inst Extraterr Phys, D-85740 Garching, Germany
[2] Inst Adv Study, Princeton, NJ 08540 USA
[3] Tel Aviv Univ, Sch Phys & Astron, IL-69978 Tel Aviv, Israel
[4] Tel Aviv Univ, Wise Observ, Raymond & Beverly Sackler Fac Exact Sci, IL-69978 Tel Aviv, Israel
[5] European So Observ, D-85748 Garching, Germany
[6] Univ Gottingen, D-37083 Gottingen, Germany
[7] Landessternwarte Konigstuhl, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
[8] Univ Calif San Diego, Ctr Astrophys & Space Sci, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
[9] Kyoto Univ, Fac Sci, Dept Phys, Sakyo Ku, Kyoto 60601, Japan
[10] Acad Sinica, Inst Astron & Astrophys, Taipei 115, Taiwan
来源
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL | 2000年 / 530卷 / 02期
关键词
galaxies : individual (NGC 1068); galaxies : Seyfert; infrared : ISM : lines and bands;
D O I
10.1086/308416
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We report infrared spectroscopy of the prototypical Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 1068, aiming at detection of broad components of hydrogen recombination lines that originate in the obscured broad-line region. Using the Short Wavelength Spectrometer on board the Infrared Space Observatory, we have observed for the first time the regions of B beta 2.626 mu m and Pf alpha 7.460 mu m, and present improved data for B alpha 4.052 mu m No significant broad components are detected, implying an equivalent visual extinction to the broad-line region of at least 50 mag and an obscuring column density of at least 10(23) cm(-2). While consistent with a highly obscured broad-line region, as required by the classical unified scenario, these limits are not yet significant enough to discriminate strongly between different torus models or to constrain properties of the gas causing the very large X-ray obscuration. We discuss the systematic limitations of infrared broad-line region searches and suggest that B alpha may often be the most favorable transition for future searches.
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页码:733 / 737
页数:5
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