2011ApJ...730..121W -
Astrophys. J., 730, 121 (2011/April-1)
The different nature of Seyfert 2 galaxies with and without hidden broad-line regions.
WU Y.-Z., ZHANG E.-P., LIANG Y.-C., ZHANG C.-M. and ZHAO Y.-H.
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We compile a large sample of 120 Seyfert 2 galaxies (Sy2s) which contains 49 hidden broad-line region (HBLR) Sy2s and 71 non-HBLR Sy2s. From the difference in the power sources between two groups, we test whether HBLR Sy2s are dominated by active galactic nuclei (AGNs) and whether non-HBLR Sy2s are dominated by starbursts. We show that (1) HBLR Sy2s have larger accretion rates than non-HBLR Sy2s; (2) HBLR Sy2s have larger [Ne V] λ14.32/[Ne II] λ12.81 and [O IV] λ25.89/[Ne II] λ12.81 line ratios than non-HBLR Sy2s; and (3) HBLR Sy2s have smaller IRAS f60/f25 flux ratios, which show the relative strength of the host galaxy and nuclear emission, than non-HBLR Sy2s. Consequently, we suggest that HBLR Sy2s and non-HBLR Sy2s are AGN dominated and starburst dominated, respectively. In addition, non-HBLR Sy2s can be classified into luminous (L_[O III]_>1041 erg/s) and less luminous (L_[O III]_< 1041 erg/s) samples, when considering only their obscuration. We suggest that (1) the invisibility of polarized broad lines (PBLs) in the luminous non-HBLR Sy2s depends on the obscuration and (2) the invisibility of PBLs in the less luminous non-HBLR Sy2s depends on the very low Eddington ratio rather than the obscuration.
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galaxies: active - galaxies: Seyfert - galaxies: statistics
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