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The enormous amounts of infrared (IR) radiation emitted by luminous infrared galaxies (LIRGs, L_IR=10^11-10^12Lsun) and ultraluminous infrared galaxies (ULIRGs, L_IR>10^12Lsun) are produced by dust heated by intense star formation (SF)…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-02-11 Almudena Alonso-Herrero

The Broad Line Region (BLR) in AGN is composed of dense gas ($\sim 10^{11}$ cm$^{-3}$) on sub-pc scale, which absorbs about 30 per cent of the ionising continuum. The outer size of the BLR is likely set by dust sublimation, and its density…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-12-20 Alexei Baskin , Ari Laor

In the framework of a systematic ALMA study of IR-selected main-sequence and starburst galaxies at z~1-1.7 at typical ~1" resolution, we report on the effects of mid-IR- and X-ray-detected active galactic nuclei (AGN) on the reservoirs and…

We present the results of our ALMA $\lesssim$0.5 kpc-resolution dense molecular line (HCN and HCO$^{+}$ J=2-1, J=3-2, and J=4-3) observations of 12 nearby (ultra)luminous infrared galaxies ([U]LIRGs). After matching beam sizes of all…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-07-31 Masatoshi Imanishi , Shunsuke Baba , Kouichiro Nakanishi , Takuma Izumi

We investigate spatially-resolved emission-line ratios in a sample of 219 galaxies ($0.6<z<1.3$) detected using the G102 grism on the \emph{Hubble Space Telescope} Wide Field Camera 3, taken as part of the CANDELS Ly$\alpha$ Emission at…

We present a comprehensive comparative high resolution mid-IR spectroscopic and X-ray imaging investigation of LINERs using archival observations from the ISO-SWS and the Chandra Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer. Although the sample is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 S. Satyapal , R. M. Sambruna , R. P. Dudik

We present the first results of our program to study a sample of local luminous infrared galaxies (LIRGs, L_IR = 10^11-10^12 L_sun) with the Spitzer infrared spectrograph (IRS). In these proceedings we investigate the behavior of the 9.7 um…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-05-07 M. Pereira-Santaella , A. Alonso-Herrero , G. H. Rieke , L. Colina

In this work, we revisit the size-luminosity relation of the extended narrow line regions (ENLRs) using a large sample of nearby active galactic nuclei (AGN) from the Mapping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory (MaNGA) survey. The…

The remarkable similarity between emission spectra of narrow line regions (NLR) in Seyfert Galaxies has long presented a mystery. In photoionization models, this similarity implies that the ionization parameter is nearly always the same,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. A. Dopita , B. A. Groves , R. S. Sutherland , L. Binette , G. Cecil

The existence of intermediate-width emission line regions (IELRs) in active galactic nuclei has been discussed for over two decades. A consensus, however, is yet to be arrived at due to the lack of convincing evidence for their detection.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-12-16 Zhenzhen Li , Hongyan Zhou , Lei Hao , Huiyuan Wang , Tuo Ji , Xiheng Shi , Bo Liu , Shaohua Zhang , Wen-Juan Liu , Xiang Pan , Peng Jiang

We study the narrow-line region (NLR) of six Seyfert-1 and six Seyfert-2 galaxies by means of spatially resolved optical spectroscopy and photoionization modelling. From spatially resolved spectral diagnostics, we find a transition between…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Nicola Bennert , Bruno Jungwiert , Stefanie Komossa , Martin Haas , Rolf Chini , ;

We present a new scheme for modeling the broad line region in active galactic nuclei (AGNs). It involves photoionization calculations of a large number of clouds, in several pre-determined geometries, and a comparison of the calculated line…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Shai Kaspi , Hagai Netzer

We explore the relationship between gas, dust and star formation in a sample of 12 ultra-luminous infrared galaxies (ULIRGs) at high redshift compared to a similar sample of local galaxies. We present new CO observations and/or Spitzer…

In non-star-forming, passively evolving galaxies, regions with emission lines dominated by low-ionization species are classified as Low-Ionization Emission Regions (LIERs). The ionization mechanism behind such regions has long been a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-08-16 Man-Yin Leo Lee , Renbin Yan , Xihan Ji , Gerome Algodon , Kyle Westfall , Zesen Lin , Francesco Belfiore , Kevin Bundy

We select a sample of 90 obscured (type2) AGN with 1.45<z<3.05 from the zCOSMOS-deep galaxy sample by 5 sigma-detection of the high-ionization CIV {\lambda}1549 narrow emission line. The presence of this feature in a galaxy spectrum is…

A two-components model for Broad Line Region (BLR) of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) has been suggested for many years but not widely accepted (e.g., Hu et al. 2008; Sulentic et al. 2000; Brotherton et al. 1996; Mason et al. 1996). This model…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-09-14 Ling Zhu , Shuang Nan Zhang , Sumin Tang

We used Spitzer/IRS spectroscopic data on 426 galaxies including quasars, Seyferts, LINER and HII galaxies to investigate the relationship among the mid-IR emission lines. There is a tight linear correlation between the [Ne V]14.3 um and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Miguel Pereira-Santaella , Aleksandar M. Diamond-Stanic , Almudena Alonso-Herrero , George H. Rieke

We present an investigation of the structure of the emission line region in a sample of 12 single-peaked Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs). Using the high resolution H-beta and H-alpha line profiles observed with the Isaac Newton Telescope (La…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 L. C. Popovic , E. Mediavilla , E. Bon , D. Ilic

In the second paper of the series, we have modeled low frequency carbon radio recombination lines (CRRL) from the interstellar medium. Anticipating the LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR) survey of Galactic CRRLs, we focus our study on the physical…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-03-22 F. Salgado , L. K. Morabito , J. B. R. Oonk , P. Salas , M. C. Toribio , H. J. A. Rottgering , A. G. G. M. Tielens

We systematically determine the electron density and electron temperature of active galaxies and star-forming galaxies using spectroscopy from the SDSS DR7, while mainly focusing on the NLRs. Density and temperature are determined through…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-02-18 Zhitai Zhang , Yanchun Liang , François Hammer