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dc.contributor.authorCouto, Guilherme dos Santospt_BR
dc.contributor.authorStorchi-Bergmann, Thaisapt_BR
dc.contributor.authorRobinson, Andrewpt_BR
dc.contributor.authorRiffel, Rogemar Andrépt_BR
dc.contributor.authorKharb, Preetipt_BR
dc.contributor.authorLena, Davidept_BR
dc.contributor.authorMüller, Allan Schnorrpt_BR
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-08T02:15:18Zpt_BR
dc.date.issued2016pt_BR
dc.identifier.issn0035-8711pt_BR
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10183/148929pt_BR
dc.description.abstractWe present optical integral field spectroscopy of the inner 2.5 × 3.4 kpc2 of the broad-line radio galaxy Pictor A, at a spatial resolution of ≈400 pc. Line emission is observed over the whole field of view, being strongest at the nucleus and in an elongated linear feature (ELF) crossing the nucleus from the south-west to the north-east along PA ≈70◦. Although the broad double-peaked Hα line and the [OI]6300/Hα and [S II]6717+31/Hα ratios are typical of active galactic nuclei (AGNs), the [NII]6584/Hα ratio (0.15–0.25) is unusually low. We suggest that this is due to the unusually low metallicity of the gas. Centroid velocity maps show mostly blueshifts to the south and redshifts to the north of the nucleus, but the velocity field is not well fitted by a rotation model. Velocity dispersions are low (<100 km s−1 ) along the ELF, ruling out a jet–cloud interaction as the origin of this structure. The ELF shows both blueshifts and redshifts in channel maps, suggesting that it is close to the plane of the sky. The ELF is evidently photoionized by the AGN, but its kinematics and inferred low metallicity suggest that this structure may have originated in a past merger event with another galaxy.We suggest that the gas acquired in this interaction may be feeding the ELF.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfpt_BR
dc.language.isoengpt_BR
dc.relation.ispartofMonthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Oxford. Vol. 458, no. 1 (May 2016), p. 855–867pt_BR
dc.rightsOpen Accessen
dc.subjectGaláxias ativaspt_BR
dc.subjectGalaxies: activeen
dc.subjectGalaxies: individual: Pictor Aen
dc.subjectNucleo galaticopt_BR
dc.subjectGaláxia Pictor Apt_BR
dc.subjectGalaxies: jetsen
dc.subjectGalaxies: nucleien
dc.titleIntegral field spectroscopy of the circum-nuclear region of the radio Galaxy Pictor Apt_BR
dc.typeArtigo de periódicopt_BR
dc.identifier.nrb000999770pt_BR
dc.type.originEstrangeiropt_BR


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