Differentiation of models for LINERs

• Grant number: 06/05203-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: March 01, 2007
• End date: February 28, 2009
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Astronomy - Extragalactic Astrophysics
• Principal Investigator: João Evangelista Steiner
• Grantee: Roberto Bertoldo Menezes
• Host Institution: Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas (IAG). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

We will study the properties of a set of LINERs - Active Galaxies with low ionization. The main objective is to establish a methodology for characterizing each object with respect to its fundamental ionization/excitation properties. We will select an unbiased set of galaxies within 30 megaparsecs that have been classified as LINERs or transition objects. Observations with the Gemini and Soar telescopes will be proposed and the data analysis will be made with the PCA technique.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

STEINER, J. E.; MENEZES, R. B.; RICCI, T. V.; OLIVEIRA, A. S.. PCA Tomography: how to extract information from data cubes. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, v. 395, n. 1, p. 64-75, May 2009. (06/05203-3)

STEINER, J. E.; MENEZES, R. B.; RICCI, T. V.; OLIVEIRA, A. S.. Mapping low- and high-density clouds in astrophysical nebulae by imaging forbidden line emission. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, v. 396, n. 2, p. 788-793, June 2009. (06/05203-3)