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Detecting Gas Outflows in Type-2 AGNs Selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2013

Hyun-Jin Bae
Affiliation:
Dept. of Astronomy, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Republic of Korea email: hjbae@galaxy.yonsei.ac.kr
Jong-Hak Woo
Affiliation:
Astronomy Program, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea
Semyeong Oh
Affiliation:
Astronomy Program, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea
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Abstract

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Energetic outflow from active galactic nuclei (AGNs) may play a critical role in galaxy evolution (e.g., Silk & Rees 1998). We present a velocity diagnostic for detecting gas outflow in the narrow-line region of Type-2 AGNs using line-of-sight velocity offsets of the [O iii] λ5007 and Hα emission lines with respect to the systemic velocity of stars in host galaxies (See Figure 1). We apply the diagnostics to nearby galaxies at 0.02 < z < 0.05, 3775 AGN-host and 907 star-forming galaxies as a comparison sample, which are selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey DR7. After obtaining a best-fit stellar population model for the continuum and a systemic velocity based on stellar lines, we subtract the stellar component to measure velocity offsets of each emission line. We find a sample of 169 AGN-host galaxies with outflow signatures, displaying a larger velocity shift of [O iii] than that of Hα, as expected in a decelerating outflow model (Komossa et al. 2008). We find that the offset velocity of [O iii] increases with Eddington ratio, suggesting that gas outflow depends on the energetics of AGN.

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References

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