A spatially resolved study of ionized regions in galaxies at different ...

A spatially resolved study of ionized regions in galaxies at different ... A spatially resolved study of ionized regions in galaxies at different ...

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β[H 84 3 • IFS of a GEHR in NGC 6946 ◦A−1 ) s−1 Flux (erg cm−2 1e−15 2.4 2.0 1.6 1.2 0.8 0.4 [OII]3727 Knot C 4000 4500 5000 5500 6000 6500 1e−15 HδHγ OIII]4959 [OIII]5007 HeI 5876 [SII] 6717,6731 Hα ◦A−1 ) 1.5 s−1 Flux (erg cm−2 1.0 0.5 [ArIII] 7136 [OII] 7319,7330 [SIII]9069 0.0 7000 7500 8000 8500 9000 Wavelength (◦A) 1e−15 1.0 ◦A−1 ) s−1 Flux (erg cm−2 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 [OII]3727 Knot D 0.0 4000 4500 5000 5500 6000 6500 1e−16 Hγ Hβ[OIII]4959 [OIII]5007 HeI 5876 [SII] 6717,6731 Hα ◦A−1 ) s−1 Flux (erg cm−2 2.4 1.8 1.2 0.6 [ArIII] 7136 0.0 7000 7500 8000 8500 9000 Wavelength (◦A) [SIII]9069 Figure 3.24: Blue and red spectra for the knots C and D.

3.4. Results 85 ◦A−1 ) s−1 Flux (erg cm−2 1e−14 2.8 2.4 2.0 1.6 1.2 0.8 0.4 [OII]3727 PPak-field 4000 4500 5000 5500 6000 6500 1e−14 HδHγ Hβ[OIII]4959 [OIII]5007 HeI 5876 [SII] 6717,6731 Hα ◦A−1 ) s−1 Flux (erg cm−2 1.6 1.4 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 7000 7500 8000 8500 9000 Wavelength (◦A) [ArIII] 7136 [OII] 7319,7330 [SIII]9069 Figure 3.25: Blue and red spectra for the whole PPak-field. pointing of the knots A and B, and C and D, respectively. Their ratios, as compared with the ones obtained from the mosaic exposure are, again, in good agreement. Thus, we only show the measured line intensities coming from the first pointing exposure. In Tables 3.5 and 3.6 the total reddening-corrected Hβ intensity (I tot (Hβ)) measured in the mosaic is also given. As it can be appreciated, the total flux is between a factor of 2 or 3 higher than the value measured in the one single pointing. The Hβ flux of the emission knots amounts to about 50% of the total PPak field-ofview flux, with knot A, B, C, and D contributing 38%, 2%, 7%, and 3% to the total flux, respectively. Knot A is the brightest of them and provides 75% of the combined flux from the four knots. Electron densities and temperatures The physical conditions of the ionized gas, including electron temperature and electron density, have been derived using the five-level statistical equilibrium atom approximation in the task temden of the STSDAS package of the software IRAF. For details of the equations involved, the reader is referred to Appendix B. We have taken as sources of error the uncertainties associated with the measurement of the emission-line fluxes and the reddening

β[H<br />

84 3 • IFS <strong>of</strong> a GEHR <strong>in</strong> NGC 6946<br />

◦A−1<br />

)<br />

s−1<br />

Flux (erg cm−2<br />

1e−15<br />

2.4<br />

2.0<br />

1.6<br />

1.2<br />

0.8<br />

0.4<br />

[OII]3727<br />

Knot C<br />

4000 4500 5000 5500 6000 6500<br />

1e−15<br />

HδHγ<br />

OIII]4959<br />

[OIII]5007<br />

HeI 5876<br />

[SII] 6717,6731<br />

Hα<br />

◦A−1<br />

)<br />

1.5<br />

s−1<br />

Flux (erg cm−2<br />

1.0<br />

0.5<br />

[ArIII] 7136<br />

[OII] 7319,7330<br />

[SIII]9069<br />

0.0<br />

7000 7500 8000 8500 9000<br />

Wavelength (◦A)<br />

1e−15<br />

1.0<br />

◦A−1<br />

)<br />

s−1<br />

Flux (erg cm−2<br />

0.8<br />

0.6<br />

0.4<br />

0.2<br />

[OII]3727<br />

Knot D<br />

0.0<br />

4000 4500 5000 5500 6000 6500<br />

1e−16<br />

Hγ<br />

Hβ[OIII]4959<br />

[OIII]5007<br />

HeI 5876<br />

[SII] 6717,6731<br />

Hα<br />

◦A−1<br />

)<br />

s−1<br />

Flux (erg cm−2<br />

2.4<br />

1.8<br />

1.2<br />

0.6<br />

[ArIII] 7136<br />

0.0<br />

7000 7500 8000 8500 9000<br />

Wavelength (◦A)<br />

[SIII]9069<br />

Figure 3.24: Blue and red spectra for the knots C and D.

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