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Outflows play a major role in the evolution of galaxies. However, we do not have yet a complete picture of their properties (extension, geometry, orientation and clumpiness). For low-luminosity Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs), in particular,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-04-27 Laura Hermosa Muñoz , Isabel Márquez , Sara Cazzoli , Josefa Masegosa , Beatriz Agís-González

We use the database from Paper III to quantify the global and nuclear properties of emission-line nuclei in the Palomar spectroscopic survey of nearby galaxies. We show that the host galaxies of Seyferts, LINERs, and transition objects…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Luis C. Ho , Alexei V. Filippenko , Wallace L. W. Sargent

This paper presents a comprehensive study of the X-ray properties of low-ionization nuclear emission-line regions (LINERs) and low-luminosity Seyfert galaxies based on observations obtained with ASCA. We analyzed data of 53 observations of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Yuichi Terashima , Naoko Iyomoto , Luis C. Ho , Andrew F. Ptak

Using a sample of ~100 nearby line-emitting galaxy nuclei, we have built the currently definitive atlas of spectroscopic measurements of H_alpha and neighboring emission lines at subarcsecond scales. We employ these data in a quantitative…

I review the UV properties of LINERs (low-ionization nuclear emission-line regions), based mostly on the recent {\it HST} UV imaging survey of nearby galaxies by Maoz et al. (1995). 25 of the galaxies in the northern subsample host a LINER…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Dan Maoz

We investigate two chemical abundance calibrations for the narrow-line-region (NLR) of active galaxies in terms of three easily observable optical emission-line ratios, namely, [OIII]$\lambda\lambda$4959,5007/H$\beta$,…

We present a compilation of spectral energy distributions of 35 weak AGNs in LINERs using recent data from the published literature. We make use of previously published compilations of data, after complementing and extending them with more…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-18 Michael Eracleous , Jason A. Hwang , Helene M. L. G. Flohic

We study the X-ray properties of LINER sources with definite detection of a broad H(alpha) emission line in their optical spectra, LINER 1s from Ho et al. sample. These objects preferentially harbor a low luminosity active nucleus at the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-28 G. Younes , D. Porquet , B. Sabra , J. N. Reeves

Many nearby galaxies contain optical signatures of nuclear activity in the form of LINER nuclei. LINERs may be the weakest and most common manifestation of the quasar phenomenon. The physical origin of this class of objects, however, has…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Luis C. Ho

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 , ;

The analysis of the X-ray data for a sample of 51 LINER nuclei with available X-ray Chandra imaging is reported. Our aim was to investigate the physical mechanisms which power LINER nuclear activity. The use of multiwavelenght information…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 I. Marquez , O. Gonzalez-Martin , J. Masegosa , M. A. Guerrero , D. Dultzin-Hacyan

Spatially resolved emission-line spectroscopy is a powerful tool to determine the physical conditions in the narrow-line region (NLR) of active galactic nuclei (AGNs). We recently used optical long-slit spectroscopy to study the NLRs of a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Nicola Bennert , Bruno Jungwiert , Stefanie Komossa , Martin Haas , Rolf Chini , ;

Outflows are believed to be ubiquitous in all AGNs, although their presence in low luminosity AGNs, in particular, for LINERs, has only started to be explored. Their properties (geometry, mass and energetics) are still far from being…

We present a new tool for the analysis of the optical emission lines of the gas in the Narrow Line Region (NLR) around Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs). This new tool can be used in large samples of objects in a consistent way using different…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-07-14 R. García-Benito , E. Pérez-Montero , O. L. Dors , J. M. Vílchez , M. V. Cardaci , G. F. Hägele

Using archival Chandra observations of 19 LINERs we explore the X-ray properties of their inner kiloparsec to determine the origin of their nuclear X-ray emission, to investigate the presence of an AGN, and to identify the power source of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 H. M. L. G. Flohic , M. Eracleous , G. Chartas , J. C. Shields , E. C. Moran

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

We present the analysis of the emission line galaxies members of 46 low redshift (0.04 < z < 0.07) clusters observed by WINGS (WIde-field Nearby Galaxy cluster Survey, Fasano et al. 2006). Emission line galaxies were identified following…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-03-15 P. Marziani , M. D'Onofrio , D. Bettoni , B. M. Poggianti , A. Moretti , G. Fasano , J. Fritz , A. Cava , J. Varela , A. Omizzolo

In this paper, we present a semi-empirical calibration between the oxygen abundance and the $N2$ emission-line ratio for Low Ionization Nuclear Emission Regions (LINERs). This relation was derived by comparing the optical spectroscopic data…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-11-05 C. B. Oliveira , O. L. Dors , I. A. Zinchenko , M. V. Cardaci , G. F. Hägele , I. N. Morais , P. C. Santos , G. C. Almeida

We present HST/ACS narrow-band images of a low-z sample of 19 3C radio galaxies to study the H$\alpha$ and [OIII] emissions from the narrow-line region (NLR). Based on nuclear emission line ratios, we divide the sample into High and Low…

Our aim is to explore the nature of emission line galaxies by combining high-resolution observations obtained in different bands to understand which objects are powered by an Active Galactic Nucleus(AGN). From the spectroscopic Palomar…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 B. Balmaverde , A. Capetti