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2004ApJ...615..156S - Astrophys. J., 615, 156-160 (2004/November-1)

Clean optical spectrum of the radio jet of 3C 120.

SANCHEZ S.F., GARCIA-LORENZO B., MEDIAVILLA E., GONZALEZ-SERRANO J.I. and CHRISTENSEN L.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present integral field spectroscopy (IFS) of the central region of 3C 120. We have modeled the nuclear and host galaxy three-dimensional spectra using techniques normally applied to imaging, decoupling both components and obtaining a residual data cube. Using this residual data cube, we detected the extended emission line region associated with the radio jet. We obtained, for the first time, a clean spectrum of this region and found compelling evidence of a jet-cloud interaction. The jet compresses and splits the gas cloud, which is ionized by the active galactic nucleus (AGN) and/or by the strong local UV photon field generated by a shock process. We cannot confirm the detection of an extended emission line region associated with the counterjet reported by Axon and coworkers.

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Journal keyword(s): Galaxies: Active - Galaxies: Individual: Alphanumeric: 3C 120 - Galaxies: ISM - Galaxies: Jets

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