Feeding versus feedback in AGNs from near-infrared IFU observations: the case of Mrk 79

RA Riffel, T Storchi-Bergmann… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
We have mapped the gaseous kinematics and the emission-line flux distributions and ratios
from the inner≈ 680 pc radius of the Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 79, using two-dimensional (2D) …

Chemical abundances of Seyfert 2 AGNs–III. Reducing the oxygen abundance discrepancy

OL Dors, R Maiolino, MV Cardaci… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
We investigate the discrepancy between oxygen abundance estimations for narrow-line
regions of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) type Seyfert 2 derived using direct estimations of the …

The AGNIFS survey: distribution and excitation of the hot molecular and ionized gas in the inner kpc of nearby AGN hosts

RA Riffel, T Storchi-Bergmann, R Riffel… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We use the Gemini NIFS instrument to map the H m and Brγ flux distributions in the inner
0.04–2 kpc of a sample of 36 nearby active galaxies (0.001≲ z≲ 0.056) at spatial resolutions …

Molecular gas in the centre of nearby galaxies from VLT/SINFONI integral field spectroscopy–I. Morphology and mass inventory

X Mazzalay, RP Saglia, P Erwin… - Monthly Notices of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
We present the first results of an analysis of the properties of the molecular gas in the
nuclear regions (r≲ 300 pc) of a sample of six nearby galaxies, based on new high-spatial …

An accreting supermassive black hole irradiating molecular gas in NGC 2110

DJ Rosario, A Togi, L Burtscher… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The impact of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) on star formation has implications for our
understanding of the relationships between supermassive black holes and their galaxies, as …

Molecular hydrogen and [Fe ii] in active galactic nuclei – III. Low-ionization nuclear emission-line region and star-forming galaxies

R Riffel, A Rodriguez-Ardila, I Aleman… - Monthly Notices of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
We study the kinematics and excitation mechanisms of H2 and [Fe ii] lines in a sample of 67
emission-line galaxies with Infrared Telescope Facility SpeX near-infrared (0.8–2.4 μm) …

Metallicity evolution of AGNs from UV emission lines based on a new index

OL Dors Jr, MV Cardaci, GF Hägele… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
We analysed the evolution of the metallicity of the gas with the redshift for a sample of AGNs
in a very wide redshift range (0< z< 4) using ultraviolet emission lines from the narrow-line …

On the central abundances of active galactic nuclei and star-forming galaxies

OL Dors Jr, MV Cardaci, GF Hägele… - Monthly Notices of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
We examine the relation between oxygen abundances in the narrow-line regions (NLRs) of
active galactic nuclei (AGNs) estimated from the optical emission lines through the strong …

Gemini NIFS survey of feeding and feedback in nearby active galaxies–IV. Excitation

RA Riffel, M Bianchin, R Riffel… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The near-infrared spectra of active galactic nuclei (AGN) present emission lines of different
atomic and molecular species. The mechanisms involved in the origin of these emission …

New metallicity calibration for Seyfert 2 galaxies based on the N2O2 index

CS Castro, OL Dors, MV Cardaci… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
We derive a new relation between the metallicity of Seyfert 2 active galactic nuclei (AGNs)
and the intensity of the narrow emission-lines ratio N 2 O 2= log ([N ii] λ6584/[O ii] λ3727) …