TY - JOUR
T1 - Probing the inner regions of MCG-06-30-15: the link between AGN activity and star formation
AU - Raimundo, S.
AU - Davies, R.
AU - Gandhi, P.
AU - Fabian, A. C.
AU - Canning, R. E. A.
AU - Ivanov, V. D.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - In this contribution we present the first observations using integral field spectroscopy of the galaxy MCG-6-30-15, a Narrow Line Seyfert 1 galaxy with high black hole accretion rate and well studied X-ray properties. This galaxy is therefore a suitable test case to study the relation between black hole accretion and the properties of the inner regions of the host galaxy. We are able to remove the dominant spectral contribution of the broad brackett emission lines and trace the distribution and kinematics of the stars and also the [Fe II] line emission. We find that there is a counter-rotating stellar core with a radius r< 125 pc, which appears to be associated with the [Fe II] emission. Based on the presence of this emission line, we estimate the age of the central stellar population to be of order of 65 Myr. We show that the gas needed to fuel the black hole is, at most, only 1 per cent of that needed to form these stars.
AB - In this contribution we present the first observations using integral field spectroscopy of the galaxy MCG-6-30-15, a Narrow Line Seyfert 1 galaxy with high black hole accretion rate and well studied X-ray properties. This galaxy is therefore a suitable test case to study the relation between black hole accretion and the properties of the inner regions of the host galaxy. We are able to remove the dominant spectral contribution of the broad brackett emission lines and trace the distribution and kinematics of the stars and also the [Fe II] line emission. We find that there is a counter-rotating stellar core with a radius r< 125 pc, which appears to be associated with the [Fe II] emission. Based on the presence of this emission line, we estimate the age of the central stellar population to be of order of 65 Myr. We show that the gas needed to fuel the black hole is, at most, only 1 per cent of that needed to form these stars.
M3 - Journal article
SP - 37
JO - Proceedings of Nuclei of Seyfert galaxies and QSOs - Central engine & conditions of star formation (Seyfert 2012). 6-8 November, 2012. Max-Planck-Insitut für Radioastronomie (MPIfR), Bonn, Germany
JF - Proceedings of Nuclei of Seyfert galaxies and QSOs - Central engine & conditions of star formation (Seyfert 2012). 6-8 November, 2012. Max-Planck-Insitut für Radioastronomie (MPIfR), Bonn, Germany
ER -