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Popović, L. Č.; Mediavilla, E.; Bon, E.; Ilić, D.
Bibliographical reference
Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.423, p.909-918 (2004)
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2004
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Description
We present an investigation of the structure of the emission line region
in a sample of 12 single-peaked Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs). Using the
high resolution Hβ and Hα line profiles observed with the
Isaac Newton Telescope (La Palma) we study the substructure in the lines
(such as shoulders or bumps) which can indicate a disk or disk-like
emission in Broad Line Regions (BLRs). Applying Gaussian analysis we
found that both kinds of emission regions, BLR and NLR, are complex. In
this sample the narrow [OIII] lines are composites of two components;
NLR1 which have random velocities from ˜200 to 500 km
s-1 and systematic velocities toward the blue from 20 to 350
km s-1, and NLR2 with smaller random velocities
(˜100-200 km s-1) and a redshift corresponding to the
cosmological one. The BLR also have complex structure and we apply a
two-component model assuming that the line wings originate in a very
broad line region (VBLR) and the line core in an intermediate line
region (ILR). The VBLR is assumed to be an accretion disk and the ILR a
spherical emission region. The model fits very well the Hα and
Hβ line profiles of the AGNs.
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