Partially obscured AGNs within a redshift range z = 0.011 ∼ 0.256 are used to re-study the role of feedback in the AGN-host coevolution issue in terms of their [OIII]λ5007 emission line profile. The spectra of these objects enable us to determine the AGN's accretion properties directly from their broad Hα emission. This is essential for getting rid of the "circular reasoning" in our previous study of narrow emission-line galaxies, in which the [OIII] emission line was used not only as a proxy of AGN's bolometric luminosity, but also as a diagnostic of outflow. In addition, the measurement of D n (4000) index is improved by removing an underlying AGN's continuum according to the corresponding broad Hα emission. With these improvements, we confirm and reinforce the correlation between L/L Edd and stellar population age. More important is that this correlation is found to be related to both [OIII] line blue asymmetry and bulk blueshift velocity, which suggests a linkage between SMBH growth and host star formation through the feedback process. The current sample of partially obscured AGNs shows that the composite galaxies have younger host stellar population, higher Eddington ratio, less significant [OIII] blue wing and smaller bulk [OIII] line shift than do the Seyfert galaxies .
We report new spectroscopic observations performed in 2010 and 2011 for luminous radio-quite quasar PG 1416-129. Our new spectra with high quality cover both Hβ and Hα regions, and show negligible line profile variation within a timescale of one year. The two spectra allow us to study the variability of the Balmer line profile by comparing the spectra with the previous ones taken at 10 and 20 years ago. By decomposing the broad Balmer emission lines into two Gaussian profiles, our spectral analysis suggests a strong response to the continuum level for the very broad component, and significant variations in both bulk blueshift velocity/FWHM and flux for the broad component. The new observations additionally indicate flat Balmer decrements (i.e., too strong Hβ emission) at the line wings, which is hard to be reproduced by recent optically thin models. With these observations we argue that a separate inner optically thin emission-line region might not be necessary in the object to reproduce the observed line profiles. a Specific flux F 5100Å = 5.2 × 10 −16 ergs cm −2 s −1Å−1 . b Specific flux F 5100Å = 2.0 × 10 −16 ergs cm −2 s −1Å−1 . c Specific flux F 5100Å = 2.3 × 10 −16 ergs cm −2 s −1Å−1 . d Specific flux F 5100Å = 3.1 × 10 −16 ergs cm −2 s −1Å−1 .
Context. Balmer absorption is a rare phenomenon in active galactic nuclei (AGNs). So far, only seven Balmer-absorption AGNs have been reported in the literature. Aims. We here report the identification of SDSS J112611.63+425246 as a new Balmer-absorption AGN through our spectral analysis and study the kinematics of its narrow emission-line region (NLR). Methods. We modeled the continuum by a linear combination of a starlight component, a power law from the central AGN, and the emission from the FeII complex. After subtracting the modeled continuum, each emission or absorption line profile is a sum of multi-Gaussian functions. All the line shifts were determined with respect to the modeled starlight component. Results. By using the host starlight as a reference for the local system, both Hα and Hβ show AGN absorptions with a blueshift of ∼300 km s −1 . We identify a strong anticorrelation between the inferred velocity shifts and the ionization potential for various narrow emission lines, which suggests a stratified NLR kinematics. A de-accelerated outflow is implied for the inner NLR gas, an accelerated inflow for the outer NLR gas. This complicated NLR kinematics additionally implies that AGN narrow emission lines, even for the low-ionized lines, might not be a reliable substitute for the velocity of the local system.
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