Bibcode
Ramos Almeida, C.; Pérez García, A. M.; Acosta-Pulido, J. A.
Bibliographical reference
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 694, Issue 2, pp. 1379-1394 (2009).
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Description
Near-infrared (near-IR) spectroscopic data for the five Seyfert galaxies
with jet-gas interaction Mrk 348, Mrk 573, Mrk 1066, NGC 7212, and NGC
7465, taken with the Long-slit Intermediate Resolution Infrared
Spectrograph near-IR camera/spectrometer at the William Herschel
Telescope are reported. The long-slit spectra reveal the characteristic
strong emission lines of this type of objects. Many forbidden
transitions and hydrogen recombination lines are employed here to study
the excitation and ionization mechanisms that are dominating the
narrow-line region emission of these objects, that is affected by the
radio-jet interaction. Several absorption features are also detected in
the H and K bands of these galaxies, allowing us to identify the
spectral types that are producing them. We find that the continuum can
be reproduced by a combination of late-type stellar templates plus a
blackbody component associated with hot dust, mainly contributing to the
K-band emission. The detection of the permitted O I and Fe II lines and
broad components of the hydrogen recombination lines in the spectra of
Mrk 573 and NGC 7465 allows the reclassification of these two galaxies
that are not canonical Type-2 Seyferts: Mrk 573 is confirmed to be an
obscured narrow-line Seyfert 1, and NGC 7465 is revealed for the first
time as a Type-1 LINER through its near-IR spectrum.
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