Gas phase metallicity determinations in nearby AGNs with SDSS-IV MaNGA: evidence of metal poor accretion

Abstract

We derive the metallicity (traced by the O/H abundance) of the Narrow Line Region ( NLR) of 108 Seyfert galaxies as well as radial metallicity gradients along their galaxy disks and of these of a matched control sample of no active galaxies. In view of that, observational data from the SDSS-IV MaNGA survey and strong emission-line calibrations taken from the literature were considered. The metallicity obtained for the NLRs %each Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) was compared to the value derived from the extrapolation of the radial oxygen abundance gradient, obtained from \ion{H}{ii} region estimates along the galaxy disk, to the central part of the host galaxies. We find that, for most of the objects ($\sim 80\%$), the NLR metallicity is lower than the extrapolated value, with the average difference ($<D>$) between these estimates ranging from 0.16 to 0.30 dex. We suggest that $<D>$ is due to the accretion of metal-poor gas to the AGN that feeds the nuclear supermassive black hole (SMBH), which is drawn from a reservoir molecular and/or neutral hydrogen around the SMBH. Additionally, we look for correlations between $D$ and the electron density ($N_{\mathrm{e}}$), [\ion{O}{iii}]$\lambda$5007 and H$\alpha$ luminosities, extinction coefficient ($A_V)$ of the NLRs, as well as the stellar mass ($M_{\ast }$) of the host galaxies. Evidences of an inverse correlation between the $D$ and the parameters $N_{\mathrm{e}}$, $M_{\ast }$ and $A_{\mathrm{v}}$ were found.

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