| タイトル | A New Radio Loudness Diagnostic for Active Galaxies: A Radio-to-Mid-Infrared Parameter |
| 本文（外部サイト） | http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20110022574 |
| 著者（英） | Schmitt, H. R.; Melendez, Marcio B.; Kraemer, S. B. |
| 著者所属（英） | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; Johns Hopkins Univ. |
| 発行日 | 2010-07-01 |
| 言語 | eng |
| 内容記述 | We have studied the relationship between the nuclear (high-resolution) radio emission, at 8.4GHz (3.6cm) and 1.4GHz (20cm), the [O IV) (gamma)25.89 micron, [Ne III] (gamma)l5.56 micron and [Ne II] (gamma)l2.81 micron emission lines and the black hole mass accretion rate for a sample of Seyfert galaxies. In order to characterize the radio contribution for the Seyfert nuclei we used the 8.4 GHz/[O IV] ratio, assuming that [0 IV] scales with the luminosity of the active galactic nuclei (AGN). From this we find that Seyfert 1 s (i.e. Seyfert 1.0s, 1.2s and 1.5s) and Seyfert 2s (i.e. Seyfert 1.8s, 1.9s and 2.0s) have similar radio contributions, relative to the AGN. On the other hand, sources in which the [Ne u] emission is dominated either by the AGN or star formation have statistically different radio contributions, with star formation dominated sources more 'radio loud', by a factor of approx.2.8 on average, than AGN dominated sources. We show that star formation dominated sources with relatively larger radio contribution have smaller mass accretion rates. Overall, we suggest that 8.4 GHz/[O IV], or alternatively, 1.4 GHz/[O IV] ratios, can be used to characterize the radio contribution, relative to the AGN, without the limitation of previous methods that rely on optical observables. Key words: Galaxy: stellar content - galaxies: Seyfert - infrared: galaxies |
| NASA分類 | Astrophysics |
| レポートNO | GSFC.JA.5082.2011 |
| 権利 | Copyright, Distribution as joint owner in the copyright |
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