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The Coronal Emission-Line Region in AGNs: A Hubble Space Telescope View

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2010

X. Mazzalay
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Postfach 1312, 85741 Garching, Germany Email: ximena@mpe.mpg.de, skomossa@mpe.mpg.de Instituto de Astronomía Teórica y Experimental, CONICET-UNC, Laprida 854, X5000BGR, Córdoba, Argentina
A. Rodríguez-Ardila
Affiliation:
Laboratório Nacional de Astrofísica, Rua dos Estados Unidos 154, Bairro das Nacöes, CEP 37500-000, Itajubá, MG, Brazil Email: aardila@lna.br
S. Komossa
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Postfach 1312, 85741 Garching, Germany Email: ximena@mpe.mpg.de, skomossa@mpe.mpg.de
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Abstract

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We present a study of HST/STIS optical spectra of a sample of ten Seyfert galaxies aimed at analyzing the structure and physical properties of the coronal line region. The high spatial resolution provided by STIS (about 7 pc for the closest objects) allowed us to resolve the coronal line region and obtain key information about the kinematics of the coronal-line gas, measure directly its spatial scale, and study the mechanisms that drive the high-ionization lines.

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Contributed Papers
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2010

References

Mazzalay, X., Rodríguez-Ardila, A., & Komossa, S. 2009, submitted to MNRASGoogle Scholar