Circumnuclear Multi-phase Gas in Circinus Galaxy III: Structure of the Nuclear Ionized Gas

Abstract

We investigate the properties of the ionized gas irradiated by an active galactic nucleus (AGN) based on our "radiation-driven fountain" model for the nearest type-2 Seyfert galaxy, the Circinus galaxy (Wada et al. 2016). We conducted "quasi-three dimensional" spectral analysis using the spectral synthesis code CLOUDY and obtained the surface brightness distributions of lines, such as H$\alpha$, H$\beta$, [OIII], [NII], and [SII] for the central 16-parsec region. The ionized regions observed based on these lines show a conical morphology around the rotation axis, even if we do not phenomenologically postulate the presence of an optically thick "torus". This region also shows non-uniform internal structures, reflecting the inhomogeneous structure of fountain flows. Using ionization diagnostic diagrams, we investigated the spectral properties of the ionized gas. The diagrams based on the line ratios of [NII]/H$\alpha$ and [SII]/H$\alpha$ show that most regions of the cone have the same properties as those in the narrow line regions (NLRs) in AGNs, whereas using [OI]/H$\alpha$, the central 10-pc regions are rather LINER-like. The gas density, temperature, and ionizing parameter in regions identified as "NLR" are typically $n\sim 300-1500$ cm${}^{-3}$, $T\sim 1-3\times 10^4$ K, and $U\sim 0.01$, respectively. The morphology and [OIII] intensity are similar to the base of the observed [OIII] cone in the Circinus galaxy, implying some physical connections with the origin of the $\sim 100$ parsec scale NLR.

arXiv comment10 pages, 7 figures, accepted by ApJ

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