Larkin JE, McLean IS, Graham JR, Becklin EE, Figer DF, Gilbert AM, Levenson NA, Teplitz HI, Wilcox MK, Glassman TM. Discovery of an Obscured Broad-Line Region in the High-Redshift Radio Galaxy MRC 2025-218.
THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL 2000;
533:L61-L64. [PMID:
10727392 DOI:
10.1086/312598]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/1999] [Accepted: 02/25/2000] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
Abstract
This Letter presents infrared spectra taken with the newly commissioned near-infrared spectrometer (NIRSPEC) on the Keck II telescope of the high-redshift radio galaxy MRC 2025-218 (z=2.63). These observations represent the deepest infrared spectra of a radio galaxy to date and have allowed for the detection of Hbeta, [O iii] lambdalambda4959, 5007, [O i] lambda6300, Halpha, [N ii] lambdalambda6548, 6583, and [S ii] lambdalambda6716, 6713. The Halpha emission is very broad (FWHM=9300 km s-1) and luminous (2.6x1044 ergs s-1), and it is very comparable to the line widths and strengths of radio-loud quasars at the same redshift. This strongly supports active galactic nucleus unification models linking radio galaxies and quasars, although we discuss some of the outstanding differences. The line [O iii] lambda5007 is extremely strong and has extended emission with large relative velocities toward the nucleus. We also derive that if the extended emission is due to star formation, each knot has a star formation rate comparable to a Lyman-break galaxy at the same redshift.
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