JETS AND NARROW-LINE CLOUD FORMATION IN SEYFERT-GALAXIES

Citation
W. Steffen et al., JETS AND NARROW-LINE CLOUD FORMATION IN SEYFERT-GALAXIES, Astrophysics and space science, 248(1-2), 1997, pp. 135-140
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
ISSN journal
0004640X
Volume
248
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
135 - 140
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-640X(1997)248:1-2<135:JANCFI>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
In this paper we present simulations of an extragalactic jet interacti ng with a clumpy and filamentary narrow line region (NLR) similar to t he one observed in NGC 1068. We study the kinematic disturbance produc ed by the interaction. H alpha recombination emissivity maps and the s pectral distribution of the emission are calculated. We find that abla tion flows from high density clouds in the turbulent cocoon can produc e fast, high emissivity flows, resulting in line widths of the order o f 1000 km s(-1) comparable to those observed in NGC 1068 and other Sey fert galaxies with radio ejecta.