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Title: The origin of double-peaked narrow lines in active galactic nuclei. II. Kinematic classifications for the population at z < 0.1

Journal Article · · Astrophysical Journal
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  1. Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 (United States)
  2. Center for Cosmology, Department of Physics and Astronomy, 4129 Reines Hall, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697 (United States)

We present optical long-slit observations of the complete sample of 71 Type 2 active galactic nuclei (AGNs) with double-peaked narrow emission lines at z < 0.1 in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Double-peaked emission lines are produced by a variety of mechanisms including disk rotation, kiloparsec-scale dual AGNs, and narrow-line region (NLR) kinematics (outflows or inflows). We develop a novel kinematic classification technique to determine the nature of these objects using long-slit spectroscopy alone. We determine that 86% of the double-peaked profiles are produced by moderate-luminosity AGN outflows, 6% are produced by rotation, and 8% are ambiguous. While we are unable to directly identify dual AGNs with long-slit data alone, we explore their potential kinematic classifications with this method. We also find a positive correlation between the NLR size and luminosity of the AGN NLRs (R {sub NLR}∝ L{sub [O III]}{sup 0.21±0.05}), indicating a clumpy two-zone ionization model for the NLR.

OSTI ID:
22869628
Journal Information:
Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 832, Issue 1; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0004-637X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English