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MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
卷 328, 期 3, 页码 L32-L36出版社
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.05074.x
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polarization; scattering; galaxies : active; galaxies : Seyfert; infrared : galaxies; X-rays : galaxies
A number of studies have shown that the visibility of scattered broad emission lines in Seyfert 2 galaxies is strongly dependent on the 1RASf(60)/f(25) flux ratio, where those Seyfert 2 galaxies with 'warm' IRAS colours show polarized broad line emission. It is now clear that this effect is owing to the increasing dominance of the galactic rather than the active galactic nucleus (AGN) emission at 60 mum in less-luminous 'cool' Seyfert 2 galaxies. However, we present evidence that the 25-mum emission is a good measure of the AGN luminosity for most Seyfert 2 galaxies. Using this result, we show that the visibility of scattered broad line emission has a dependence on the AGN luminosity. The observations can be interpreted self-consistently if the scaleheight of the scattering zone varies with central source luminosity whilst the scaleheight of the obscuring torus is approximately constant.
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