CHARACTERIZATION OF A SAMPLE OF INTERMEDIATE-TYPE AGN. I. Spectroscopic properties and serendipitous discovery of new Dual AGN

A sample of 10 nearby intermediate-type active galactic nuclei (AGN) drawn from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-DR7) is presented. The aim of this work is to provide estimations of the black hole mass for the sample galaxies from the dynamics of the broad line region. For this purpose, a detailed...

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Autor: Vahram Chavushyan
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Fecha de publicación:2012
País:México
Institución:Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica
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Idioma:inglés
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spelling CHARACTERIZATION OF A SAMPLE OF INTERMEDIATE-TYPE AGN. I. Spectroscopic properties and serendipitous discovery of new Dual AGNVahram Chavushyaninfo:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Galaxies: activeinfo:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Galaxies: Seyfertinfo:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Galaxies: nucleiinfo:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Quasars:emission linesinfo:eu-repo/classification/cti/1info:eu-repo/classification/cti/21info:eu-repo/classification/cti/21A sample of 10 nearby intermediate-type active galactic nuclei (AGN) drawn from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-DR7) is presented. The aim of this work is to provide estimations of the black hole mass for the sample galaxies from the dynamics of the broad line region. For this purpose, a detailed spectroscopic analysis of the objects was done. Using BPT diagnostic diagrams we have carefully classified the objects as true intermediate-type AGN and found that 80%⁺⁷˙²%₋₁₇̣ ̣₃% are composite AGN. The black hole mass estimated for the sample is within 6.54±0.16< log MBH <7.81±0.14.Profile analysis show that five objects (J120655.63+501737.1, J121607.08+504930.0, J141238.14+391836.5, J143031.18+524225.8 and J162952.88+242638.3) have narrow double-peaked emission lines in both the red (Hα, [N II]λλ6548,6583 and [S II]λλ6716,6731) and the blue (Hβ and [O III]λλ4959,5007) region of the spectra,with velocity differences (ΔV) between the double peaks within 114 <ΔV <256km s⁻¹. Two of them, J121607.08+504930.0 and J141238.14+391836.5 are candidates for dual AGN since their double-peaked emission lines are dominated by AGN activity. In searches of dual AGN; Type 1, Type 1I and intermediate-type AGN shouldbe carefully separated, due to the high serendipitous number of narrow double-peaked sources (50%±14.4%) found in our sample.The Astrophysical Journal2012-11-26info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://inaoe.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1009/2220reponame:Repositorio Institucional del INAOEinstname:Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónicainstacron:INAOEengcitation:Benítez, Erika., et al., (2012), CHARACTERIZATION OF A SAMPLE OF INTERMEDIATE-TYPE AGN. I. Spectroscopic properties and serendipitous discovery of new Dual AGN, The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 763(1):1-37info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0oai:inaoe.repositorioinstitucional.mx:1009/22202024-08-28T03:23:06Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv CHARACTERIZATION OF A SAMPLE OF INTERMEDIATE-TYPE AGN. I. Spectroscopic properties and serendipitous discovery of new Dual AGN
title CHARACTERIZATION OF A SAMPLE OF INTERMEDIATE-TYPE AGN. I. Spectroscopic properties and serendipitous discovery of new Dual AGN
spellingShingle CHARACTERIZATION OF A SAMPLE OF INTERMEDIATE-TYPE AGN. I. Spectroscopic properties and serendipitous discovery of new Dual AGN
Vahram Chavushyan
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info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Galaxies: nuclei
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info:eu-repo/classification/cti/1
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/21
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title_short CHARACTERIZATION OF A SAMPLE OF INTERMEDIATE-TYPE AGN. I. Spectroscopic properties and serendipitous discovery of new Dual AGN
title_full CHARACTERIZATION OF A SAMPLE OF INTERMEDIATE-TYPE AGN. I. Spectroscopic properties and serendipitous discovery of new Dual AGN
title_fullStr CHARACTERIZATION OF A SAMPLE OF INTERMEDIATE-TYPE AGN. I. Spectroscopic properties and serendipitous discovery of new Dual AGN
title_full_unstemmed CHARACTERIZATION OF A SAMPLE OF INTERMEDIATE-TYPE AGN. I. Spectroscopic properties and serendipitous discovery of new Dual AGN
title_sort CHARACTERIZATION OF A SAMPLE OF INTERMEDIATE-TYPE AGN. I. Spectroscopic properties and serendipitous discovery of new Dual AGN
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Vahram Chavushyan
author Vahram Chavushyan
author_facet Vahram Chavushyan
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Galaxies: active
info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Galaxies: Seyfert
info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Galaxies: nuclei
info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Quasars:emission lines
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topic info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Galaxies: active
info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Galaxies: Seyfert
info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Galaxies: nuclei
info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Quasars:emission lines
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info:eu-repo/classification/cti/21
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description A sample of 10 nearby intermediate-type active galactic nuclei (AGN) drawn from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-DR7) is presented. The aim of this work is to provide estimations of the black hole mass for the sample galaxies from the dynamics of the broad line region. For this purpose, a detailed spectroscopic analysis of the objects was done. Using BPT diagnostic diagrams we have carefully classified the objects as true intermediate-type AGN and found that 80%⁺⁷˙²%₋₁₇̣ ̣₃% are composite AGN. The black hole mass estimated for the sample is within 6.54±0.16< log MBH <7.81±0.14.Profile analysis show that five objects (J120655.63+501737.1, J121607.08+504930.0, J141238.14+391836.5, J143031.18+524225.8 and J162952.88+242638.3) have narrow double-peaked emission lines in both the red (Hα, [N II]λλ6548,6583 and [S II]λλ6716,6731) and the blue (Hβ and [O III]λλ4959,5007) region of the spectra,with velocity differences (ΔV) between the double peaks within 114 <ΔV <256km s⁻¹. Two of them, J121607.08+504930.0 and J141238.14+391836.5 are candidates for dual AGN since their double-peaked emission lines are dominated by AGN activity. In searches of dual AGN; Type 1, Type 1I and intermediate-type AGN shouldbe carefully separated, due to the high serendipitous number of narrow double-peaked sources (50%±14.4%) found in our sample.
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