2 O 02MNRAS.331. .154R 2 12 1 resolution, andthereforesmallercontaminationfromanycircum- region (BLR)aredirectlyvisible,whileinSeyfert2(Sy2)galaxies Mon. Not.R.Astron.Soc.331,154-168(2002) European SouthernObservatory,Karl-Schwarzschild-Str.2,D-85748GarchingbeiMünchen,Germany [email protected] (MAP) infrared (NIR;e.g.Veilleux,Goodrich &Hill1997),wherein nuclear starformation,canbeachievedbyobservinginthenear- the torushavemostlybeencarriedoutatmillimetrewavelengths invariably alignedwiththeradiojets. images (e.g.Mulchaey,Wilson&Tsvetanov1996)almost Moran etal.2000),believedtobelightfromtheBLRreflectedinto line region(NLR)isvisible.Thesemodelsaresupportedbythe the torusobscuresnucleusandBLRonlynarrow- nucleus. InSeyfert1(Syl)galaxiesthenucleusandbroad-line Antonucci 1993),whereathickmoleculartorussurroundsthe Arguably themostimportantadvanceinrecentresearchofactive Accepted 2001November15.Received15;inoriginalformMay9 J. Reunanen,*K.KotilainenandM.A.Prieto Near-infrared spectroscopyofnearbySeyfertgalaxies-I.Firstresults only thetotalmolecularcontentinnucleus.Betterspatial our lineofsight,andcone-likestructuresinnarrow-band[Om] detection inmanySy2sofbroadlinespolarizedemission(e.g. galaxies hasbeenthedevelopmentofunifiedmodels(e.g. ^E-mail: [email protected](JR); [email protected] (JKK); addition tothemolecularHlines awealthofotheremissionand (e.g. Maiolinoetal.1997),andconsequentlytheygenerallygive 1 INTRODUCTION Tuorla Observatory,UniversityofTurku,Väisäläntie20,FIN-21500Piikkiö,Finland 2 Searches fortheobscuringmolecularmaterialassociatedwith © Royal Astronomical Society •Provided bytheNASA Astrophysics DataSystem be strongerthanBryorH1-0S(l),whileintheSeyfert1NGC1566and1.5 We presentnear-infrared1.5-2.5jammoderate-resolutionlong-slitspectraoftwoSeyfert1 to thecone.Coronallinesaredetectedintwogalaxies,NGC1386and3227. is detectedinthreegalaxies(NGC1386,1566and3227),ofwhichNGC1386optically NGC 3227Bryisthestrongestline.Broadoriginatingfrombroad-lineregion(BLR) the excitationmechanismsofinterstellargas.InallthreeSeyfert2galaxies,[Fen]isfoundto ABSTRACT Key words:galaxies:active-nucleiSeyfertinfrared:galaxies. exception tothisistheSeyfert2NGC1386,wheretwoextendedregionsaredetectedparallel with activegalacticnucleus(AGN)unifiedmodels.ThevaluesofnuclearAarehigherin galaxies exceptinNGC5128,thespatialfullwidthathalf-maximum(FWHM)sizeofH classified asSeyfert2.Inthesegalaxies[Fen]isnarrowandmaybeX-rayexcited.all galaxies (NGC1097and1566),threeSeyfert2s1386,49455128)one Seyfert 2sthaninIs,withthe1.5NGC3227lyingbetweenthem.The are usedtostudythespatialextentoflineemission,integratedmassesexcitedHand 1 -0S(l)nuclearcoreislargerperpendiculartotheconeorjetthanparallelit,inagreement 1.5 (NGC3227),bothparalleltoanionizationconeorjetandperpendicularit.Thespectra 2 Ho 2 2 _1 positioned bothperpendicularandparalleltotheionizationconeor both typeswithanionizationconeand/orjets.Theslitwas been carriedout(e.g.Storchi-Bergmannetal.1999;Winge from theemission-linestudyofall the14Seyfertsinoursample, molecular gasinthecentralregions. trace thespatialdistribution,dynamicsandexcitationofmolecular images areavailableforallthegalaxies.Thesedatausedto to thejetinorderprobedistributionofmolecularmaterial moderate-resolution spectroscopyofthefirstsixgalaxiesinour molecular emission. 2000), buteventhesestudieshaveonlyoneslitpositionangle(PA) Seyfert spirals. sample, basedontheabsorption lines andcomparisonwithnon- and studythestellarpopulations and star-forminghistoriesofthe and nebulargas,todeterminethemassofhot(T>1000K) and thusthegeometryoftorus.Additionally,broad-bandJHKs- sample ofnearby(500
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