The origin of [Fe ii] emission in NGC 4151     

James E. H.Turner  JeremyAllington-Smith †  ScottChapman ‡  RobertContent  ChristineDone  RogerHaynes §  DavidLee ¶  SimonMorris &#; 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2002,331(2):284-292

The centre of NGC 4151 has been observed in the J band with the SMIRFS integral field unit (IFU) on the UK Infrared Telescope. A map of [Fe  ii ] emission is derived, and compared with the distributions of the optical narrow-line region and radio jet. We conclude that, because the [Fe  ii ] emission is associated more closely with the visible narrow-line region than with the radio jet, it arises mainly through photoionization of gas by collimated X-rays from the Seyfert nucleus. The velocity field and strength with respect to Pa β are found to be consistent with this argument. The performance of the IFU is considered briefly, and techniques for observation and data analysis are discussed.  相似文献