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A Theoretical Three-dimensional Diagram to Separate Star Formation, Active Galactic Nuclei, and Shocks in Galaxies

  • Authors: Peixin Zhu, Lisa J. Kewley, Ralph S. Sutherland, Kathryn Grasha

Peixin Zhu et al 2025 The Astrophysical Journal 988 .

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 4.

2D maps of [O III] λ5007 (top panels), Hα (middle panels), and [N II] λ6584 (bottom panels) emission-line fluxes of the MUSE IFU data for NGC 5728. From left to right, each panel contains the emission-line flux maps contributed by H II, AGN, fast shocks, pure shocks, and the sum of all four mechanisms. The units of fluxes in this figure are × 10−20 erg s−1 cm−2. The spaxel with the highest [O III] luminosity, indicating the galaxy center, is marked with a magenta cross. The solid and dashed white circles in the H II–contributed Hα flux map indicate the nuclear region with a radius of 2 and 6, respectively.

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