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Abundâncias químicas em galáxias Liner
(2023-09-28) Oliveira Junior, Celso Benedito de; Krabbe, Angela Cristina; Dors Junior, Oli Luiz; Oliveira Filho, Irapuan Rodrigues de; Riffel, Rogemar André; Gonçalves, Denise Rocha; São José dos Campos
Determinações de abundâncias químicas em galáxias são essenciais para o estudo da evo- lução química destes objetos, e, consequentemente, do próprio Universo. O método ampla- mente aceito para tal estudo é o chamado método-T𝑒, ou método direto. Tal método utiliza os valores de temperatura eletrônica do gás, obtido por meio das linhas aurorais, para de- rivar a metalicidade do objeto. Ocorre que as linhas aurorais são de difícil medição, uma vez que podem ser até 100 vezes menos intensas do que linhas H𝛽, por exemplo, o que dificulta ou até mesmo impossibilita o uso deste método. Quando não é possível a aplica- ção do método direto, pode-se empregar o chamado método indireto (ou calibrações) para estimar a metalicidade de determinado objeto. Existem na literatura inúmeros calibradores para regiões de formação estelar e alguns poucos destinados aos núcleos Seyfert 2. Por ou- tro lado, nenhum calibrador de metalicidade é encontrado para núcleos de baixa ionização: os chamados LINERs (Low Ionization Nuclear Emission Regions). Isso pode ser em decor- rência da incerteza quanto a fonte ionizante destes objetos. Apesar de comuns no Universo próximo, ocorrendo em cerca de 1/3 das galáxias de baixo redshift, as LINERs ainda são alvo de intenso debate quanto sua fonte ionizante. Neste trabalho, empregamos dados do survey MaNGA (Mapping Nearby Galaxies At Apache Observatory), compreendendo es- pectroscopia de campo integral no espectro ótico. Através dos dados observacionais de 43 LINERs e de modelos de fotoionização construídos utilizando o código CLOUDY, deriva- mos duas calibrações para determinação de metalicidade em núcleos LINER, empregando os índices 𝑁2 e 𝑂3𝑁2. Nossos resultados mostram que a abundância das LINERs anali- sadas variam entre 8.48 ≤ 12 + log(O/H) ≤ 8.84. Adicionalmente, estimamos a metali- cidade destes núcleos LINERs através do método de extrapolação do gradiente radial de metalicidade, obtendo boa concordância entre os valores obtidos por este método e pelas calibrações propostas. Ainda, por meio dos modelos construídos foi possível derivar uma calibração para determinação do parâmetro de ionização e a razão de linha [O III]/[O II]. Também por meio de modelos de fotoionização detalhados pode-se derivar a abundância de nitrogênio destes núcleos variando entre 7.6 ≤ 12 + log(N/H) ≤ 8.5 e, ainda, derivou-se uma calibração relacionando a abundância de oxigênio e a abundância de nitrogênio em núcleos LINERs.
AGN feedback and star formation in the peculiar galaxy NGC 232: insights from VLT-MUSE observations
(Royal Astronomical Society) Souza, José Henrique Costa; Riffel, Rogemar André; Dors Junior, Oli Luiz; Riffel, Rogério; Poppe, Paulo César da Rocha
We use VLT-MUSE integral field unit data to study the ionized gas physical properties and kinematics as well as the stellar populations of the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 232 as an opportunity to understand the role of AGN feedback on star formation. The data cover a field of view of 60 × 60 arcsec2 at a spatial resolution of ∼850 pc. The emission-line profiles have been fitted with two Gaussian components, one associated to the emission of the gas in the disc and the other due to a bi-conical outflow. The spectral synthesis suggests a predominantly old stellar population with ages exceeding 2 Gyr, with the largest contributions seen at the nucleus and decreasing outwards. Meanwhile, the young and intermediate age stellar populations exhibit a positive gradient with increasing radius and a circum-nuclear star-forming ring with radius of ∼0.5 kpc traced by stars younger than 20 Myr, is observed. This, along with the fact that AGN and SF dominated regions present similar gaseous oxygen abundances, suggests a shared reservoir feeding both star formation and the AGN. We have estimated a maximum outflow rate in ionized gas of ∼1.26 M yr−1 observed at a distance of ∼560 pc from the nucleus. The corresponding maximum kinetic power of the outflow is ∼3.4 × 1041 erg s−1. This released energy could be sufficient to suppress star formation within the ionization cone, as evidenced by the lower star formation rates observed in this region.
Calibration-based abundances in the interstellar gas of galaxies from slit and IFU spectra
(EDP Sciences) Pilyugin, Leonid; Lara-López, Maritza A.; Vílchez, Jose M.; Duarte Puertas, Salvador; Zinchenko, Igor; Dors Junior, Oli Luiz
In this work, we make use of available integral field unit (IFU) spectroscopy and slit spectra of several nearby galaxies. The pre- existing empirical R and S calibrations for abundance determinations are constructed using a sample of H ii regions with high- quality slit spectra. In this paper, we test the applicability of those calibrations to the IFU spectra. We estimate the calibration-based abundances obtained using both the IFU and the slit spectroscopy for eight nearby galaxies. The median values of the slit and IFU spectra-based abundances in bins of 0.1 in fractional radius Rg (normalised to the optical radius R25) of a galaxy are determined and compared. We find that the IFU and the slit spectra-based abundances obtained through the R calibration are close to each other; the mean value of the differences of abundances is 0.005 dex, and the scatter in the differences is 0.037 dex for 38 datapoints. The S calibration can produce systematically underestimated values of the IFU spectra-based abundances at high metallicities (12 + log(O/H) 􏰅8.55); the mean value of the differences is −0.059 dex for 21 datapoints, while at lower metallicities the mean value of the differences is −0.018 dex and the scatter is 0.045 dex for 36 data points. This provides evidence that the R calibration produces more consistent abundance estimations between the slit and the IFU spectra than the S calibration. We find that the same calibration can produce close estimations of the abundances using IFU spectra obtained with different spatial resolution and different spatial samplings. This is in line with the recent finding that the contribution of the diffuse ionised gas to the large-aperture spectra of H ii regions has a secondary effect.
Chemical abundance of LINER galaxies – metallicity calibrations based on SDSS-IV MaNGA
(Royal Astronomical Society) Oliveira Junior, Celso Benedito de; Krabbe, Angela Cristina; Hernandez-Jimenez, Jose Andres; Dors Junior, Oli Luiz; Zinchenko, Igor; Hägele, Guilhermo Frederico; Cardaci, Mónica Viviana; Monteiro, Adriano Francisco
The ionizing source of low-ionization nuclear emission-line regions (LINERs) is uncertain. Because of this, an empirical relation to determine the chemical abundances of these objects has not been proposed. In this work, for the first time, we derived two semi-empirical calibrations based on photoionization models to estimate the oxygen abundance of LINERS as a function of the N2 and O3N2 emission-line intensity ratios. These relations were calibrated using oxygen abundance estimations obtained by comparing the observational emission-line ratios of 43 LINER galaxies (taken from the MaNGA survey) and grids of photoionization models built with the cloudy code assuming post-asymptotic giant branch stars with different temperatures. We found that the oxygen abundance of LINERs in our sample is in the range, with a mean value of . We recommend the use of the N2 index to estimate the oxygen abundances of LINERs, since the calibration with this index presented a much smaller dispersion than the O3N2 index. In addition, the estimated metallicities are in good agreement with those derived by extrapolating the disc oxygen abundance gradients to the centre of the galaxies showing that the assumptions of the models are suitable for LINERs. We also obtained a calibration between the logarithm of the ionization parameter and the [O iii]/[O ii] emission-line ratio.
Chemical abundances in Seyfert galaxies – IX. Helium abundance estimates
(Royal Astronomical Society) Dors Junior, Oli Luiz; Valerdi, Mabel; Lemes, Priscila Freitas; Krabbe, Angela Cristina; Riffel, Rogemar André; Amôres, Eduardo Brescansin; Riffel, Rogério; Armah, Mark; Monteiro, Adriano Francisco; Oliveira Junior, Celso Benedito de
For the first time, the helium abundance relative to hydrogen (He/H), which relied on direct measurements of the electron temperature, has been derived in the narrow line regions (NLRs) from a local sample of Seyfert 2 nuclei. In view of this, optical emission line intensities [3000 < λ(Å) < 7000] of 65 local Seyfert 2 nuclei (z < 0.2), taken from Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 15 and additional compilation from the literature, were considered. We used photoionization model grid to derive an Ionization Correction Factor (ICF) for the neutral helium. The application of this ICF indicates that the NLRs of Seyfert 2 present a neutral helium fraction of ∼50 per cent in relation to the total helium abundance. We find that Seyfert 2 nuclei present helium abundance ranging from 0.60 to 2.50 times the solar value, while ∼85 per cent of the sample present oversolar abundance values. The derived (He/H)–(O/H) abundance relation from the Seyfert 2 is stepper than that of star-forming regions (SFs) and this difference could be due to excess of helium injected into the interstellar medium by the winds of Wolf–Rayet stars. From a regression to zero metallicity, by using Seyfert 2 estimates combined with SFs estimates, we obtained a primordial helium mass fraction Yp = 0.2441 ± 0.0037, a value in good agreement with the one inferred from the temperature fluctuations of the cosmic microwave background by the Planck Collaboration
Chemical abundances in Seyfert galaxies – X. Sulphur abundance estimates
(Royal Astronomical Society) Dors Junior, Oli Luiz; Valerdi, Mabel; Riffel, Rogemar André; Riffel, Rogério; Cardaci, Mónica Viviana; Hägele, Guilhermo Frederico; Armah, Mark; Revalski, Mitchell; Flury, Sophia; Lemes, Priscila Freitas; Amôres, Eduardo; Krabbe, Angela Cristina; Binette, Luc; Feltre, Anna; Bergmann, Thaisa Storchi
For the first time, the sulphur abundance relative to hydrogen (S/H) in the narrow-line regions of a sample of Seyfert 2 nuclei (Sy 2s) has been derived via direct estimation of the electron temperature. Narrow emission-line intensities from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 17 (DR17) [in the wavelength range 3000 < λ(Å) < 9100] and from the literature for a sample of 45 nearby (z < 0.08) Sy 2s were considered. Our direct estimates indicate that Sy 2s have similar temperatures in the gas region where most of the S+ ions are located in comparison with that of star-forming regions (SFs). However, Sy 2s present higher temperature values (∼10 000 K) in the region where most of the S2+ ions are located relative to that of SFs. We derive the total sulphur abundance in the range of 6.2 􏰀 12 + log(S/H) 􏰀 7.5, corresponding to 0.1–1.8 times the solar value. These sulphur abundance values are lower by ∼0.4 dex than those derived in SFs with similar metallicity, indicating a distinct chemical enrichment of the interstellar medium (ISM) for these object classes. The sulphur abundance relative to oxygen (S/O) values for our Sy 2 sample present an abrupt (∼0.5 dex) decrease with increasing oxygen abundance relative to hydrogen (O/H) for the high-metallicity regime [12 + log(O/H) 􏰁 8.7)], what is not seen for the SFs. However, when our Sy 2 estimates are combined with those from a large sample of SFs, we did not find any dependence between S/O and O/H.
Chemical abundances of LINER galaxies – nitrogen abundance estimations
(Royal Astronomical Society) Oliveira Junior, Celso Benedito de ; Krabbe, Angela Cristina; Dors Junior, Oli Luiz; Zinchenko, Igor; Hernandez-Jimenez, José Andrés; Cardaci, Mónica Viviana; Hägele, Guilhermo Frederico; Ilha, Gabriele da Silva
In this work, we investigated the nitrogen and oxygen abundances in a sample of galaxies with Low Ionization Nuclear Emission Regions (LINERs) in their nucleus. Optical spectroscopic data (3600 – 10 000 Å) of 40 LINERs from the Mapping Nearby Galaxies (MaNGAs) survey were considered. Only objects classified as retired galaxies, that is, whose main ionization sources are post-Asymptotic Giant Branch (pAGB) stars, were selected. The abundance estimates were obtained through detailed photoionization models built with the CLOUDY code to reproduce a set of observational emission line intensities ratios of the sample. Our results show that LINERs have oxygen and nitrogen abundances in the ranges of 8.0 􏰀 12 + log(O/H) 􏰀 9.0 (mean value 8.74 ± 0.27) and 7.6 􏰀 12 + log(N/H) 􏰀 8.5 (mean value 8.05 ± 0.25), respectively. About 70 per cent of the sample have oversolar O/H and N/H abundances. Our abundance estimates are in consonance with those for Seyfert 2 nuclei and H II regions with the highest metallicity, indicating that these distinct object classes show similar enrichment of the interstellar medium (ISM). The LINERs in our sample are located in the higher N/O region of the N/O versus O/H diagram, showing an unexpected negative correlation between these two parameters. These results suggest that these LINERs mainly exhibit a secondary nitrogen production and could be acting some other mechanisms that deviate them from the usual theoretical secondary nitrogen production curve and the H II regions observations. However, we did not find any evidence in our data able to support the literature suggested mechanisms. Alternatively, our results show that LINERs do not present any correlation between the N/O abundances and the stellar masses of the hosting galaxies.
Constraints on the densities and temperature of the Seyfert 2 narrow line region
(EDP Sciences) Binette, Luc; Martin, Montserrat Villar; Dors Junior, Oli Luiz; Krongold, Yair; Morisset, Christophe; Revalski, Mitchell; Alarie, Alexandre; Riffel, Rogemar André; Dopita, Michael
Context. Different studies have reported the so-called temperature problem of the narrow line region (NLR) of active galactic nuclei (AGNs). Its origin is still an open issue. To properly address its cause, a trustworthy temperature indicator is required. Aims. To determine the temperature of an emission line plasma, the [O iii] (λ4363Å/λ5007Å) line ratio is typically used. However, in the case of the NLR of AGNs, this ratio is not reliable when the electron density extends much above 10 cm−3 as collisional deexcitation strongly affects this ratio independently of the temperature. To verify the density regime, we need a density diagnostic that applies to high excitation plasma. Methods. We propose that the weak [Ar iv] λλ4711,40Å doublet is the appropriate tool for evaluating the density of the high excitation plasma. We subsequently made use of the recent S7 survey sample to extract reliable measurements of the weak [Ar iv] doublet in 16 high excitation Seyfert 2s. As a result we could derive the plasma density of the NLR of our Seyfert 2 sample and compared the temperature inferred from the observed [O iii] (λ4363Å/λ5007Å) ratios. Results. It was found that 13 Seyfert 2s cluster near similar values as the [O iii] (λ4363Å/λ5007Å) ratio, at a mean value of 0.0146 ± 0.0020. Three objects labeled outliers stand out at markedly higher [O iii] values (>0.03). Conclusions. If for each object one assumes a single density, the values inferred from the [Ar iv] doublet for the 13 clustering objects all lie below 60 000 cm−3 , indicating that the [O iii] (λ4363Å/λ5007Å) ratios in these objects is a valid tracer of plasma temperature. Even when assuming a continuous power-law distribution of the density, the inferred cut-off density required to reproduce the observed 5.1 −3 [Ar iv] doublet is in all cases <10 cm. The average NLR temperature inferred for the 13 Seyfert 2s is 13 000 ± 703 K, which photoionization models have difficulty reproducing. Subsequently we considered different mechanisms to account for the observed [O iii] ratios. For the three outliers, a double-bump density distribution is likely required, with the densest component having a density >10 cm-3 .
Cosmic metallicity evolution of Active Galactic Nuclei: implications for optical diagnostic diagrams
(Royal Astronomical Society) Dors Junior, Oli Luiz; Cardaci, Mónica Viviana; Hägele, Guilhermo Frederico; Ilha, Gabriele da Silva; Oliveira Junior, Celso Benedito de; Riffel, Rogemar André; Riffel, Rogério; Krabbe, Angela Cristina
We analyse the validity of optical diagnostic diagrams relying on emission-lines ratios and in the context of classifying Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) according to the cosmic metallicity evolution in the redshift range⁠. In this regard, we fit the results of chemical evolution models (CEMs) to the radial gradients of the N/O abundances ratio derived through direct estimates of electron temperatures (Te-method) in a sample of four local spiral galaxies. This approach allows us to select representative CEMs and extrapolate the radial gradients to the nuclear regions of the galaxies in our sample, inferring in this way the central N/O and O/H abundances. The nuclear abundance predictions for theoretical galaxies from the selected CEMs, at distinct evolutionary stages, are used as input parameters in AGN photoionization models built with the Cloudy code. We found that standard BPT diagnostic diagrams are able to classify AGNs with oxygen abundances at redshift. On the other hand, the He iiλ4685/Hβ versus [N ii]λ6584/Hα diagram produces a reliable AGN classification independent of the evolutionary stage of these objects.
Determinação de abundância química do argônio em AGN tipo Seyfert 2
(2021-12-08) Dors Junior, Oli Luiz; Krabbe, Angela Cristina; Sobral, David; Telles, Jose Eduardo; Riffel, Rogemar André; Santos, Adriano Francisco Monteiro dos; São José dos Campos
Determinações de abundância de metais em Núcleos Ativos de Galáxias (AGNs) são essenciais para o estudo da evolução química de galáxias, bem como, do Universo. Atualmente, existem apenas determinações quantitativas da abundância do oxigênio e nitrogênio (em relação ao hidrogênio) em regiões estreitas de AGNs, em particular, em núcleos Seyfert 2. A abundância de outros metais (e.g. Ar, Ne, S, etc.) ainda é pouco conhecida em AGNs. Neste contexto, desenvolvemos uma metodologia para calcular a abundância do argônio em relação a do hidrogênio na região de linhas estreitas de núcleos Seyfert 2. Com esse objetivo, intensidades de linhas de emissão estreitas observadas no espectro óptico (3000 ? ?(Å) ? 7200) de uma amostra de 64 núcleos Seyfert 2 (z < 0,25) obtidos do Sloan Digital Sky Survey DR7 e medidas pelo grupo MPA/JHU foram consideradas. Adotamos o método-Te para AGNs, que é baseado na determinação direta da temperatura eletrônica, juntamente com resultados de uma grade de modelos de fotoionização construídos com o código Cloudy, para obter um método para a derivação da abundância Ar/H. Nós encontramos que para uma faixa de metalicidade de 0,2 ? (Z/Z?) ? 2,0, núcleos Seyfert 2 apresentam abundância de Ar/H variando de ~ 0,1 a ~ 3 vezes o valor solar de argônio. Os valores de abundância de Ar/H e Ar/O obtidos para a nossa amostra estão em acordo com estimativas de extrapolações dos gradientes de abundância radial para as partes centrais do disco para quatro galáxias espirais. Combinamos nossos resultados de abundância com estimativas obtidas a partir de uma amostra de galáxias H ii que foram compiladas da literatura, e encontramos que a razão de abundância Ar/O diminui ligeiramente à medida que a abundância O/H aumenta. Finalmente, propomos uma calibração entre a razão de linhas fortes [ Ar iii]?7135/Ha e Ar/H que fornece valores da abundância do argônio similar aos derivados pelo método-Te.
Determinação de metalicidade em núcleos de galáxias seyfert 2
(2018-03-15) Castro, Claudio de Sousa; Dors Junior, Oli Luiz; Krabbe, Angela Cristina; Fernandes, Francisco Carlos Rocha; Riffel, Rogemar André; Rodriguez Ardila, Alberto; Cardaci, Mónica Viviana; São José dos Campos
Ao longo das últimas décadas o trabalho envolvendo os objetos conhecidos como Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) vem ganhando cada vez mais atenção de diversos autores, no sentido aprimorar os conhecidos já adquiridos, mas também aprimorar esse conhecimento. Esses conhecimentos permeiam desde o entendimento dos processos físicos que nestes ocorrem, bem como aumentar a contribuição para um melhor mapeamento do Universo. A proposta inicial do projeto da tese partiu do fato de se explorar os valores tanto de metalicidade ( Z ) quanto do parâmetro de ionização (U ) dos AGNs disponíveis na literatura por meio das intensidades dos valores de suas linhas de emissão na faixa do espectro do infravermelho, ótico e ultravioleta. Após a obtenção destes valores, compará-las com os valores preditas por uma grade de modelos de fotoionização, construídos com o código CLOUDY. Até o ínicio deste trabalho de tese haviam na literatura apenas três calibrações (teóricas) para os AGNs relacionando as intensidades das linhas de emissão e aqueles obtidos pelo código, uma na faixa do ultravioleta e duas na faixa do ótico. Dentre os tipos de AGNs classificados, foi escolhido para esta análise as chamadas galáxias Seyfert. No primeiro momento, o trabalho se deu na região do ótico e foi obtida uma calibração entre a metalicidade (Z ) e as intensidades das razões de linhas de emissão N2O2 = log([NII]l6584/[OII]l3727) para uma mostra de ? 60 objetos. Para essa região do espectro eletromagnético a calibração ( Z N2O2 ) para os núcleos das galáxias Seyfert selecionadas da amostra uma larga faixa de metalicidades (0, 30 ? Z/Z ? 2, 00), com um valor médio de < Z >? Z . Estes valores obtidos da calibração foram comparados com outros fatores físcos (exemplo, luminosidade) para verificar se havia ou não alguma correlação. Seguindo o mesmo procedimento, partiu-se para a análise da região do ultravioleta e a calibração obtida entre a metalicidade (Z ) e as intensidades das razões com as linhas de emissão C43 = log[(CIVl1549+ CIII]l1909)/HeIIl1640], para uma amostra de ? 10 objetos, obtendo a calibração Z C43. Dessa calibração foi obtida uma faixa mais estreita de metalicidades ( 1, 00 ? Z/Z ? 1, 75), com um valor médio de < Z >? 1, 4Z . Finalmente, buscou-se comparar estes valores de metalicidades obtidos da calibração com os valores da luminosidade destes. Vale lembrar que as calibrações foram obtidas da comparações dos valores das intensidades de linhas de emissão das galáxias Seyfert escolhidas das amostras com os valores das grades construídas pelo CLOUDY por meio de interpolação linear entre estes valores através dos chamados "diagramas de diagnóstico"e que desta mesma maneira pode-se obter também, os valores dos parâmetros de ionização.
Diagnostic diagrams for ram pressure stripped candidates
(Royal Astronomical Society) Krabbe, Angela Cristina; Hernandez-Jimenez, José Andrés; Oliveira, Claudia Mendes de; Jaffe, Yara L.; Oliveira Junior, Celso Benedito de; Cardoso, Nathalia Machado; Castelli, Analía V Smith; Dors Junior, Oli Luiz; Cortesi, Arianna; Crossett, Jacob P.
This paper presents a method for finding ram pressure stripped (RPS) galaxy candidates by performing a morphological analysis of galaxy images obtained from the Legacy survey. We consider a sample of about 600 galaxies located in different environments such as groups and clusters, tidally interacting pairs and the field. The sample includes 160 RPS previously classified in the literature into classes from J1 to J5, based on the increasing level of disturbances. Our morphological analysis was done using the ASTROMORPHLIB software followed by the inspection of diagnostic diagrams involving combinations of different parameters like the asymmetry (A), concentration (C), Sersic ´ index (n), and bulge strength parameters F(G, M20). We found that some of those diagrams display a distinct region in which galaxies classified as J3, J4, and J5 decouples from isolated galaxies. We call this region as the morphological transition zone and we also found that tidally interacting galaxies in pairs are predominant within this zone. Nevertheless, after visually inspecting the objects in the morphological transition zone to discard obvious contaminants, we ended up with 33 bona fide new RPS candidates in the studied nearby groups and clusters (Hydra, Fornax, and CLoGS sample), of which one-third show clear evidence of unwinding arms. Future works may potentially further increase significantly the samples of known RPS using such method.
Doubly ionized neon ionic abundance of seyfert 2 nuclei based on infrared and optical emission lines
(2020-10-19) Dors Junior, Oli Luiz; Krabbe, Angela Cristina; Hagelle, Guillermo Frederico; Feltre, Anna; Armah, Mark; São José dos Campos
One of the most reliable method to determine the chemical abundance of heavy elements in gaseous nebulae is the (tau)e-method, which is based on the measurements of auroral emission lines (e.g., [O III] (lambda)4363 Å). However, this method yields unreal and subsolar abundances in AGNs. This phenomenon is customarily referred to as “temperature problem”, and its origin is an open question in nebular astrophysics. Comparison between optical and infrared abundances can be used to obtain the level of electron temperature fluctuations in AGNs, generally attributed to the origin of the temperature problem. In this work, optical and infrared emission-line intensities of neon from a sample of 36 Seyfert 2 nuclei compiled from the literature and used to calculate the ionic abundance of the neon twice ionized in relation to the hydrogen one ion (Ne2+/H+). This methodology makes it possible to obtain the level of electron temperature fluctuation necessary to conciliate the optical and infrared abundance values. We investigated the use of the Balmer decrement observed ratio of intensities of the 3 (seta) 2 (H(alfa) (lambda)6563 Å) and 4 (seta) 2 (H(beta) (lambda)4861 Å) transitions of the hydrogen atom compared to their intrinsic intensity ratio so as to yield a relative extinction in the Narrow Line Region (NLR) of Seyfert 2 nuclei and find that the use of (iota)(H(alfa)/H(beta)) = 2.85 gives (tau)e values of 700 ± 30 K higher than the (tau)e values derived from (iota)(H(alfa)/H(beta)) = 3.10. Our analysis show that, differences (D) between abundance values from optical and infrared lines range from 0.1334 ± 0.0219 to 2.0636 ± 0.0151 dex, with an averaged value of 0.6931 ± 0.0052 dex. This averaged value is approximately ~ 0.01 ± 0.01 dex higher than the one derived in H ii regions studies. We did not find any relation between the ionic abundance difference (D) and the ionization parameter (U), which implies D is independent from U. We estimated the level of temperature fluctuation in terms of the t2 parameter in the range from 0.0006 to 0.4365 ± 0.0053 with an average value of 0.1859 ± 0.0011. We conclude that, if electron temperature fluctuations are present in AGNs, they are somewhat more significant than in H ii regions.
Evidence for Low-power radio Jet–ISM Interaction at 10 pc in the Dwarf AGN Host NGC 4395
(American Astronomical Society) Nandi, Payel; Subramonian, Stalin Chelliah; Saikia, Dhruba Jyoti; Riffel, Rogemar André; Manna, Arijit; Pal, Sabyasachi; Dors Junior, Oli Luiz; Wylezalek, Dominika; Paliya, Vaidehi S.; Saikia, Payaswini; Dabhade, Pratik; Patig, Markus-Kissler; Sagar, Ram
Black-hole-driven outflows in galaxies hosting active galactic nuclei (AGN) may interact with their interstellar medium (ISM) affecting star formation (SF). Such feedback processes, reminiscent of those seen in massive galaxies, have been reported recently in some dwarf galaxies. However, such studies have usually been on kiloparsec and larger scales and our knowledge of the smallest spatial scales to which these feedback processes can operate is unclear. Here we demonstrate radio jet−ISM interaction on the scale of an asymmetric triple radio structure of ∼10 pc size in NGC 4395. This triple radio structure is seen in the 15 GHz continuum image and the two asymmetric jet-like structures are situated on either side of the radio core that coincides with the optical Gaia position. The high-resolution radio image and the extended [O III]λ5007 emission, indicative of an outflow, are spatially coincident and are consistent with the interpretation of a low-power radio jet interacting with the ISM. Modelling of the spectral lines using MAPPINGS, and estimation of temperature using optical integral field spectroscopic data suggest shock ionization of the gas. The continuum emission at 237 GHz, though weak, was found to spatially coincide with the AGN. However, the CO(2−1) line emission was found to be displaced by around 20 pc northward of the AGN core. The spatial coincidence of molecular H2λ2.4085 along the jet direction, the morphology of ionized [O III]λ5007, and displacement of the CO(2−1) emission argues for conditions less favorable for SF in the central ∼10 pc region.
Gas-phase metallicity determinations in nearby AGNs with SDSS-IV MaNGA: evidence of metal-poor accretion
(Royal Astronomical Society) Nascimento, Janaína Correa do; Dors Junior, Oli Luiz; Bergmann, Thaisa Storchi; Mallmann, Nícolas Dullius; Riffel, Rogério; Ilha, Gabriele da Silva; Riffel, Rogemar André; Rembold, Sandro Barboza; Deconto-Machado, Alice; Costa, Luiz N. da; Armah, Mark
We derive the metallicity (traced by the O/H abundance) of the narrow-line region (NLR) of 108 Seyfert galaxies as well as radial metallicity gradients along their galaxy discs and of these of a matched control sample of no active galaxies. In view of that, observational data from the SDSS-IV MaNGA survey and strong emission-line calibrations taken from the literature were considered. The metallicity obtained for the NLRs was compared to the value derived from the extrapolation of the radial oxygen abundance gradient, obtained from H II region estimates along the galaxy disc, to the central part of the host galaxies. We find that, for most of the objects (∼ 80 per cent), the NLR metallicity is lower than the extrapolated value, with the average difference (D ) between these estimates ranging from 0.16 to 0.30 dex. We suggest that D is due to the accretion of metal-poor gas to the AGN that feeds the nuclear supermassive black hole (SMBH), which is drawn from a reservoir molecular and/or neutral hydrogen around the SMBH. Additionally, we look for correlations between D and the electron density (Ne), [O III]λ5007, and H α luminosities, extinction coefficient (AV) of the NLRs, as well as the stellar mass (M∗) of the host galaxies. Evidence of an inverse correlation between the D and the parameters Ne, M∗, and Av was found.
Iron oxide nanoparticles synthesis optimized by design of experiments and magnetic particle imaging performance of magnetoliposomes
(2021-08-25) Raniero, Leandro José; Ramirez Ramos, Marco Antonio; Dors Junior, Oli Luiz; Espírito Santo, Ana Maria do; Rost, Nathanne Cristina Vilela; Rinaldi-Ramos, Carlos M.; São José dos Campos
Iron oxide nanoparticles are clinically approved by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States of America, where are already used in cases of iron deficiency and as contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging, highlighting the relevance of such nanomaterials in society. Liposomes are also accepted by FDA and the entrapment of iron oxide nanoparticles originates magnetoliposomes that represents one of the ways for combining magnetic nanoparticles and hydrophilic or hydrophobic molecules. Such combination can be useful for applications in combinatorial therapies, for instance, magnetic hyperthermia and Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI), a new imaging modality. In this work, magnetic nanoparticles were synthesized by chemical coprecipitation, evaluating the effects of reactional parameters over the hydrodynamic diameter and composition of the samples by using Plackett-Burman experimental design. The results allowed a more reliable protocol, considering the experimental combinations that lead to smaller particles composed mostly of magnetite. Next, magnetoliposomes were prepared from magnetic nanoparticles stabilized by peptization. Characterization techniques were widely used and physical models were applied to data processing of magnetometry, magnetic susceptibility, and transmission electron microscopy. The magnetoliposomes performance as MPI tracers were compared to the nanoparticles (as-synthesized) and Ferucarbotran, the benchmark formulation. The results of this second stage of the work indicated improvement in the MPI physical signal per iron mass after the encapsulation, even though the most representative fraction of particles was governed by the Brownian relaxation mechanism. The magnetoliposomes had shown a signal more intense than Ferucarbotran, even with poorer resolution. This study can be useful for future works because one of the challenges in MPI researches is the production of tracers with performance equivalent to Ferucarbotran.
N2, um indicador de metalicidade para AGN
(2020-10-15) Carvalho, Sarita Pereira de; Dors Junior, Oli Luiz; Oliveira Filho, Irapuan Rodrigues de; Bergmann, Thaisa Storchi; Riffel, Rogemar André; Krabbe, Angela Cristina; São José dos Campos
Neste trabalho apresentamos uma calibração semi-empírica entre a metalicidade (Z) de Núcleos Ativos de Galáxias tipo Seyfert 2 e a razão de intensidade de linhas de emissão N2=log([N II] lambda6584/H alpha). Esta calibração foi derivada utilizando um diagrama [O III] lambda 5007/[O II] lambda3727 versus N2 contendo dados observacionais e resultados de modelos de fotoionização construídos com o código Cloudy. A amostra observacional consiste em 463 núcleos Seyfert 2 (redshift z ? 0.4) obtidos do banco de dados do Sloan Digital Sky Survey DR7. A relação obtida Z-N 2 é válida para o intervalo 0.3 ? (Z/Z?) ? 2.0 a qual corresponde -0.7 ? (N 2) ? 0.6. Os efeitos da variação do parâmetro de ionização (U), densidade eletrônica e a inclinação da distribuição espectral de energia nas estimativas de Z são da ordem da incerteza produzida pelo erro observacional de N2. Este resultado indica a grande confiabilidade de nossa calibração Z -N 2. Obtivemos uma relação entre U e a razão de linhas [O III]/[O II], quase independente de outro parâmetro nebular.
Optical and mid-infrared line emission in nearby Seyfert galaxies
(EDP Sciences) Feltre, Anna; Gruppioni, Carlotta; Marchetti, Lucia; Mahoro, Antoine; Salvestrini, Francesco; Mignoli, Marco; Bisigello, Laura; Calura, Francesco; Charlot, Stephane; Chevallard, Jacopo; Romero-Colmenero, Encarni; Curtis-Lake, Emma; Delvecchio, Ivan; Dors Junior, Oli Luiz; Hirschmann, Michaela; Jarrett, Thomas; Moloko, Malebo E.; Plat, Adèle; Pozzi, F.; Sefako, Ramotholo; Traina, A.; Vaccari, Mattia; Väisänen, Pauli; Vallini, Livia; Vidal-García, Alba; Vignali, Cristian
Line ratio diagnostics provide valuable clues as to the source of ionizing radiation in galaxies with intense black hole accretion and starbursting events, such as local Seyfert galaxies or galaxies at the peak of their star formation history. We aim to provide a reference joint optical and mid-IR line ratio analysis for studying active galactic nucleus (AGN) identification via line-ratio diagnostics and testing predictions from photoionization models. We first obtained homogenous optical spectra with the Southern Africa Large Telescope for 42 Seyfert galaxies with available Spitzer/IRS spectroscopy, along with X-ray to mid-IR multiband data. After confirming the power of the main optical ([O III]λ5007) and mid-IR ([Ne V]14.3 μm, [O IV]25.9 μm, [Ne III]15.7 μm) emission lines in tracing AGN activity, we explored diagrams based on ratios of optical and mid-IR lines by exploiting photoionization models of different ionizing sources (AGN, star formation, and shocks). We find that pure AGN photoionization models are good at reproducing observations of Seyfert galaxies with an AGN fractional contribution to the mid-IR (5 − 40 μm) continuum emission larger than 50 per cent. For targets with a lower AGN contribution, even assuming a hard ionizing field from the central accretion disk (Fν ∝ να, with α ≈ −0.9), these same models do not fully reproduce the observed mid-IR line ratios. Mid-IR line ratios such as [Ne V]14.3 μm/[Ne II]12.8 μm, [O IV]25.9 μm/[Ne II]12.8 μm, and [Ne III]15.7 μm/[Ne II]12.8 μm show a dependence on the AGN fractional contribution to the mid-IR, unlike optical line ratios. An additional source of ionization, either from star formation or radiative shocks, can help explain the observations in the mid-IR. While mid-IR line ratios are good tracers of the AGN activity versus star formation, among the combinations of optical and mid-IR diagnostics in line-ratio diagrams, only those involving the [O I]/Hα ratio are promising diagnostics for simultaneously unraveling the relative roles of AGN, star formation, and shocks. A proper identification of the dominant source of ionizing photons would require the exploitation of analysis tools based on advanced statistical techniques as well as spatially resolved data.
Oxygen abundances in the narrow line regions of Seyfert galaxies and the metallicity–luminosity relation
(Royal Astronomical Society) Armah, Mark; Riffel, Rogério; Dors Junior, Oli Luiz; Oh, Kyuseok; Koss, Michael J.; Ricci, Claudio; Trakhtenbrot, Benny; Valerdi, Mabel; Riffel, Rogemar André; Krabbe, Angela Cristina
We present oxygen abundances relative to hydrogen (O/H) in the narrow line regions (NLRs) gas phases of Seyferts 1 (Sy 1s) and Seyferts 2 (Sy 2s) active galactic nuclei (AGNs). We used fluxes of the optical narrow emission line intensities [Å] of 561 Seyfert nuclei in the local Universe ( z ≲ 0.31) from the second catalogue and data release (DR2) of the BAT AGN Spectroscopic Survey, which focuses on the Swift-BAT hard X-ray (≳ 10 keV) detected AGNs. We derived O/H from relative intensities of the emission lines via the strong-line methods. We find that the AGN O/H abundances are related to their hosts stellar masses and that they follow a downward redshift evolution. The derived O/H together with the hard X-ray luminosity (LX) were used to study the X-ray luminosity–metallicity (LX–ZNLR) relation for the first time in Seyfert galaxies. In contrast to the broad-line focused (LX–ZBLR) studies, we find that the LX–ZNLR exhibit significant anticorrelations with the Eddington ratio (λEdd) and these correlations vary with redshifts. This result indicates that the low-luminous AGNs are more actively undergoing interstellar medium enrichment through star formation in comparison with the more luminous X-ray sources. Our results suggest that the AGN is somehow driving the galaxy chemical enrichment, as a result of the inflow of pristine gas that is diluting the metal rich gas, together with a recent cessation on the circumnuclear star-formation.
Photometric redshifts for the S-PLUS Survey: Is machine learning up to the task?
(Elsevier) Lima, Erik Vinicius Rodrigues; Sodré Junior, Laerte; Bom, Clécio Roque; Teixeira, Gabriel da Silva Moreira; Nakazono, Lilianne Mariko Izuti; Buzzo, Maria Luisa; Queiroz, Carolina Queiroz de Abreu; Herpich, Fábio R.; Castellon, José Luis Nilo; Dantas, Maria Luiza Linhares; Dors Junior, Oli Luiz; Souza, Rodrigo Clemente Thom de; Akras, Stavros; Jiménez-Teja, Yolanda; Kanaan, Antonio; Ribeiro, Tiago; Schoennell, William
The Southern Photometric Local Universe Survey (S-PLUS) is a novel project that aims to map the Southern Hemisphere using a twelve filter system, comprising five broad-band SDSS-like filters and seven narrow-band filters optimized for important stellar features in the local universe. In this paper we use the photometry and morphological information from the first S-PLUS data release (S-PLUS DR1) cross-matched to unWISE data and spectroscopic redshifts from Sloan Digital Sky Survey DR15. We explore three different machine learning methods (Gaussian Processes with GPz and two Deep Learning models made with TensorFlow) and compare them with the currently used template-fitting method in the S-PLUS DR1 to address whether machine learning methods can take advantage of the twelve filter system for photometric redshift prediction. Using tests for accuracy for both single-point estimates such as the calculation of the scatter, bias, and outlier fraction, and probability distribution functions (PDFs) such as the Probability Integral Transform (PIT), the Continuous Ranked Probability Score (CRPS) and the Odds distribution, we conclude that a deep-learning method using a combination of a Bayesian Neural Network and a Mixture Density Network offers the most accurate photometric redshifts for the current test sample. It achieves single-point photometric redshifts with scatter ( ) of 0.023, normalized bias of -0.001, and outlier fraction of 0.64% for galaxies with r_auto magnitudes between 16 and

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