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Talking About Spectrum Hou Saiyu 04/01/2014 Note: Four digital numbers referring to wavelength in unit of angstrom here
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outline Introduction Properties Important spectrum in astronomy AGN spectrum
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outline Introduction Properties Important spectrum in astronomy AGN spectrum
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http://casswww.ucsd.edu/archive/public/tutorial/Stars.html
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http://www2.keck.hawaii.edu/inst/hires/
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outline Introduction Properties Important spectrum in astronomy AGN spectrum
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Forbidden Lines Dipole radiation, selection rules Meta stable state Collision de-excitation Energy level life time Critical density Transition probabilities ~ 1 in 10 9
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Forbidden Line Examples http://www.astr.ua.edu/keel/galaxies/emission.html Highest vacuum on earth <1000 atoms/cm3
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Semi Forbidden Line eg. CIII]1909, NIII]1750, OIII]1663,NIV]1486 Electric dipole transition, but ΔS ≠0 CaI] λ6573 3 P 1 1 S 0 Transition probabilities ~1 in 10 6
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Broadening Thermal Doppler Broadening Collision Broadening Rotational Broadening Δ λ/λ = v/c Natural Broadening Turbulent Broadening Zeeman Splitting … www.astronomy.gatech.edu/Courses/Phys3021/Lectures/pdf/Line_Broadening.pdf
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Thermal Broadening http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/t/thermal+doppler+broadening
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Rotational Broadening http://astronomy.nju.edu.cn/~lixd/GA/AT4/AT404/HTML/AT40404.htm
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Double Horned Line Profile Broad, asymmetric line profile with a sharp cutoff at high E
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Broadening Estimate: For hydrogen atoms in the Solar photosphere (T=5770K), Hα656.3nm broadening 0.04nm The concept of Equivalent Width (EW) and Full width at half maxium ( FWHM ) http://www.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/www_astro/agn/agn_rixos.html
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Searching For Exoplanets
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Reverberation Mapping GM = f R BLR (ΔV) 2 ΔV measured from Doppler broadening of the gaseous emission lines Measuring Black Hole Mass http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Sept09/Gaskell/Gaskell3.html
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Narrow low velocity Forbidden low material density
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outline Introduction Properties Important spectrum in astronomy AGN spectrum
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Lyman α Forest http://www.astr.ua.edu/keel/agn/forest.html
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Mg II absorption line Useful in finding galaxies with a background quasar http://astronomy.nmsu.edu/cwc/Research/MgIIreview/mgii-over.html
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H 21 cm Line the birth of spectral-line radio astronomy Mapping the rotation curve of the Galaxy probe the "dark ages" from recombination to reionization SETI: searching for extraterrestrial civilizations http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/quantum/h21.html
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[OIII] line strongest narrow line in AGNs at optical band high abundance of doubly charged oxygen ions isolated from other optical spectrum Useful in studying NLR [OIII] 5006.843/4958.911 intensity ratio [OIII] 5006.843/4958.911 intensity ratio
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outline Introduction Properties Important spectrum in astronomy AGN spectrum
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AGN Spectrum http://www.astro.caltech.edu/~george/ay127/Ay127_AGN.pdf
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http://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/1462499/padovani_lec1.pdf
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http://www.astro.caltech.edu/~george/ay127/Ay127_AGN.pdf
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Radio Galaxy/Seyfert 2 Quasar/Seyfert 1 Blazar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blazar
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NLR: Keplerian orbital speeds of the clouds much smaller => lines are narrow http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/ast123/lectures/lec12.html Broad permitted lines Narrow Forbidden Lines Bright continuum from central engine Narrow permitted/forbidden Lines No bright continuum from the obscured central engine, except infrared and X-ray Spatially resolvable
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Seyfert 1 & Seyfert 2 Osterbrock, D. Astrophysics of Gaseous Nebulae and Active Galactic Nuclei FWHMs ~5000km/s FWHMs ~500km/s Type 1.2, 1.5, 1.8 and 1.9 Seyfert galaxies, due to H spectrum
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Spectrum of a typical quasar Lyα 1216 http://loke.as.arizona.edu/~ckulesa/camp/spectroscopy_examples.html Quasar=quasi-stellar radio source
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Peterson, B.M. An Introduction to Active Galactic Nuclei
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Why ν F ν ~ ν plot Power law spectrum F ν ~ ν -α In case α=1, ν F ν ~ ν diagram: horizontal In case α=0, ν F ν ~ ν diagram: proportional Quasar α=0~1 Convenient
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BL Lac & OVVs
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Hβ O[III] http://www.astr.ua.edu/keel/agn/spectra.html Featureless non-thermal continuum
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SDSS Quasar Survey
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Diagnostic Line Ratios R. Cid Fernandes et al. 2010
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http://www.astro.caltech.edu/~george/ay127/Ay127_AGN.pdf
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Variability of AGN in various spectral domains http://www.astr.ua.edu/keel/agn/vary.html Seyfert I
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