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The starburst – active galactic nuclei connection on nuclear scales in near by Seyfert galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 July 2014

Pilar Esquej
Pilar Esquej*
Affiliation:
Centro de Astrobiología, INTA-CSIC, Villafranca del Castillo, E-28850, Madrid, Spain email: [email protected] Instituto de Física de Cantabria, CSIC-UC, E-39005 Santander, Spain Departamento de Física Moderna, UC, Avda. de Los Castros s/n, E-39005 Santander, Spain
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Abstract

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Several works have shown that there is an empirical correlation between the star formation rate and the luminosity of the active galactic nucleus (and thus the black hole accretion rate, ṀBH) of Seyfert galaxies. This suggests a physical relation between the gas forming stars on kpc scales and the gas on sub-pc scales that is feeding the black hole. Simulations predict this relation and also that the correlation should be more prominent on smaller physical scales. We have compiled high angular resolution (0.4–0.8″) mid-infrared spectroscopy obtained with T-ReCS, VISIR, and Michelle of 29 Seyferts. We use the 11.3 μm PAH feature to probe the star formation activity in the inner ~65 pc, and its relation with the ṀBH on these physical scales.

Keywords

galaxies: nuclei — galaxies: Seyfert — infrared: galaxies
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 9 , Symposium S304: Multiwavelength AGN Surveys and Studies , October 2013 , pp. 345 - 346
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2014 

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