Chemical abundances in Seyfert galaxies – VII. Direct abundance determination of neon based on optical and infrared emission lines

For the first time, neon abundance has been derived in the narrow line region from a sample of Seyfert 2 nuclei. In view of this, we compiled from the literature fluxes of optical and infrared (IR) narrow emission lines for 35 Seyfert 2 nuclei in the local universe (z < ∼ 0.06). The relative...

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Autores principales: Armah, Mark, Dors, Oli L., Aydar, C. P., Cardaci, Mónica Viviana, Hägele, Guillermo Federico, Feltre, Anna, Riffel, R. A., Riffel, Rogério, Krabbe, A. C.
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Publicado: 2021
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/146744
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topic Astronomía
galaxies: active
galaxies: abundances
galaxies: evolution
galaxies: nuclei
galaxies: ISM
galaxies: Seyfert
ISM: abundances
spellingShingle Astronomía
galaxies: active
galaxies: abundances
galaxies: evolution
galaxies: nuclei
galaxies: ISM
galaxies: Seyfert
ISM: abundances
Armah, Mark
Dors, Oli L.
Aydar, C. P.
Cardaci, Mónica Viviana
Hägele, Guillermo Federico
Feltre, Anna
Riffel, R. A.
Riffel, Rogério
Krabbe, A. C.
Chemical abundances in Seyfert galaxies – VII. Direct abundance determination of neon based on optical and infrared emission lines
topic_facet Astronomía
galaxies: active
galaxies: abundances
galaxies: evolution
galaxies: nuclei
galaxies: ISM
galaxies: Seyfert
ISM: abundances
description For the first time, neon abundance has been derived in the narrow line region from a sample of Seyfert 2 nuclei. In view of this, we compiled from the literature fluxes of optical and infrared (IR) narrow emission lines for 35 Seyfert 2 nuclei in the local universe (z < ∼ 0.06). The relative intensities of emission lines were used to derive the ionic and total neon and oxygen abundances through electron temperature estimations (Te-method). For the neon, abundance estimates were obtained by using both Te-method and IR-method. Based on photoionization model results, we found a lower electron temperature [te(Ne iii)] for the gas phase where the Ne2+ is located in comparison with t3 for the O2+ ion. We find that the differences (D) between Ne2+/H+ ionic abundances calculated from IR-method and Te−method (assuming t3 in the Ne2+/H+ derivation) are similar to the derivations in star-forming regions (SFs) and they are reduced by a mean factor of ∼ 3 when te(Ne iii) is considered. We propose a semiempirical Ionization Correction Factor (ICF) for the neon, based on [Ne ii]12.81µm, [Ne iii]15.56µm and oxygen ionic abundance ratios. We find that the average Ne/H abundance for the Seyfert 2s sample is nearly 2 times higher than similar estimate for SFs. Finally, for the very high metallicity regime (i.e. [12 + log(O/H) > ∼ 8.80]) an increase in Ne/O with O/H is found, which likely indicates secondary stellar production for the neon.
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author Armah, Mark
Dors, Oli L.
Aydar, C. P.
Cardaci, Mónica Viviana
Hägele, Guillermo Federico
Feltre, Anna
Riffel, R. A.
Riffel, Rogério
Krabbe, A. C.
author_facet Armah, Mark
Dors, Oli L.
Aydar, C. P.
Cardaci, Mónica Viviana
Hägele, Guillermo Federico
Feltre, Anna
Riffel, R. A.
Riffel, Rogério
Krabbe, A. C.
author_sort Armah, Mark
title Chemical abundances in Seyfert galaxies – VII. Direct abundance determination of neon based on optical and infrared emission lines
title_short Chemical abundances in Seyfert galaxies – VII. Direct abundance determination of neon based on optical and infrared emission lines
title_full Chemical abundances in Seyfert galaxies – VII. Direct abundance determination of neon based on optical and infrared emission lines
title_fullStr Chemical abundances in Seyfert galaxies – VII. Direct abundance determination of neon based on optical and infrared emission lines
title_full_unstemmed Chemical abundances in Seyfert galaxies – VII. Direct abundance determination of neon based on optical and infrared emission lines
title_sort chemical abundances in seyfert galaxies – vii. direct abundance determination of neon based on optical and infrared emission lines
publishDate 2021
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/146744
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