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Radiation processes in the Seyfert galaxy NGC 4151
Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för ingenjörsvetenskap, Avdelningen för matematik och naturvetenskap.
2012 (Engelska)Ingår i: Astronomy and Astrophysics, ISSN 0004-6361, E-ISSN 1432-0746, Vol. 547Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat) Published
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Aims. The main aim of this work was to investigate if the radiative process photoexcitation by accidental resonance (PAR) is producing Fe II lines in the UV region of NGC 4151. At the same time I searched for collisionally excited Fe II emission. While doing so, the broad line region (BLR), intermediate line region (ILR) and narrow line region (NLR) contributions to the Mg II resonance doublet were also investigated. Methods. The focus was on the 2000 to 3000 Å wavelength region, in which decay from both the collisionally and PAR excited Fe II levels would form emission lines. I examined three archived Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) spectra of NGC 4151. Theoretical spectra based on calculated ranges for possible fluxes of the collisionally excited lines and pumping rates through the Fe II channels were then fitted to the observed spectra Results. I show that the UV region is influenced by PAR and that the Fe II fluorescence lines are clearly needed to explain the spectrum between 2000 to 3000 Å. The best fit of the theoretical spectra to the STIS spectra was obtained by assuming a similar radiation power of Fe+ ions and Mg+ ions. Conclusions. The PAR is active in the BLR of NGC 4151 and the total power of the Fe II fluorescence is a significant fraction of the total emission in the 2000 to 3000 wavelength region. Therefore it is important to incorporate this in models of NGC 4151 and possibly also in models of other active galactic nuclei. There are also many collisionally excited Fe II lines that are blended by each other and are therefore not individually observable in the NGC 4151 spectra.

Ort, förlag, år, upplaga, sidor
Springer , 2012. Vol. 547
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atomic processes, line formation, active galaxies, NGC4151
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URN: urn:nbn:se:bth-7033DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201220248Lokalt ID: oai:bth.se:forskinfo53D10264F1A51731C1257AF5003D12D0OAI: oai:DiVA.org:bth-7033DiVA, id: diva2:834608
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