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Integral field spectroscopy of QSO host galaxies
Author(s) -
Jahnke K.,
Wisotzki L.,
Sánchez S. F.,
Christensen L.,
Becker T.,
Kelz A.,
Roth M. M.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
astronomische nachrichten
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-3994
pISSN - 0004-6337
DOI - 10.1002/asna.200310191
Subject(s) - physics , galaxy , integral field spectrograph , astrophysics , spectroscopy , redshift , field (mathematics) , spectrograph , luminous infrared galaxy , population , host (biology) , stellar population , astronomy , spectral line , star formation , demography , mathematics , sociology , pure mathematics , ecology , biology
We describe a project to study the state of the ISM in ∼20 low redshift ( z < 0.3) QSO host galaxies observed with the PMAS integral field spectrograph. We describe the development of the method to access the stellar and gas components of the spectrum without the strong nuclear emission, in order to access the host galaxy properties in the central region. It shows that integral field spectroscopy promises to be very efficient in studying the gas distribution and its velocity field, and also the spatially resolved stellar population in the host galaxies of luminous AGN. (© 2004 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)