Denimara Dias dos Santos, S. Panda, A. Rodr'iguez-Ardila, M. Marinello
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摘要
对活动超大质量黑洞(SMBH)附近电离介质的物理条件进行约束,对于了解这些复杂系统的运行方式至关重要。铁(Fe)等金属发射线是追踪这些吸积系统中气态介质的丰度、活性和演化的有用探针。其中,Feii 辐射线是先前许多研究的重点,这些研究旨在调查产生这些辐射线的宽辐射线区域(BELR)的能量学、运动学和组成。在本文中,我们首次在光学和近红外(NIR)区域同时建立了 Feii 模型。我们将模型预测值与观测到的 I Zw (Zwicky) 1--一个典型的强 Fei 发射活动星系核(AGNs)的发射线通量比进行了比较。这就为产生 Feii 辐射的最佳 BLR 云密度和金属含量设定了约束条件,通过研究广阔的参数空间,这些约束条件可以扩展到 I Zw 1 类源。我们展示了Feii伪连续在光学和近红外波段的显著特征,特别关注了微湍流对Feii发射强度的影响。
Joint Analysis of the Iron Emission in the Optical and Near-Infrared Spectrum of I Zw 1
Constraining the physical conditions of the ionized media in the vicinity of an active supermassive black hole (SMBH) is crucial to understanding how these complex systems operate. Metal emission lines such as iron (Fe) are useful probes to trace the gaseous media’s abundance, activity, and evolution in these accreting systems. Among these, the Feii emission has been the focus of many prior studies to investigate the energetics, kinematics, and composition of the broad-emission line region (BELR) from where these emission lines are produced. In this paper, we present the first simultaneous Feii modeling in the optical and near-infrared (NIR) regions. We use cloudy photoionization code to simulate both spectral regions in the wavelength interval 4000–12,000 Å. We compare our model predictions with the observed line flux ratios for I Zw (Zwicky) 1—a prototypical strong Feii-emitting active galactic nuclei (AGNs). This allows setting constraints on the BLR cloud density and metal content that is optimal for the production of the Feii emission, which can be extended to I Zw 1-like sources by examining a broad parameter space. We demonstrate the salient and distinct features of the Feii pseudo-continuum in the optical and NIR, giving special attention to the effect of micro-turbulence on the intensity of the Feii emission.