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Gas Disks and Supermassive Black Holes in Nearby Radio Galaxies

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l<strong>in</strong>es.<br />

5. Flux-unconstra<strong>in</strong>ed Broad Bases: the same as model 3, however <strong>in</strong> this case the<br />

l<strong>in</strong>es <strong>in</strong> both sets were able to vary <strong>in</strong>dependently <strong>in</strong> flux, other than the fixed<br />

1:3 ratio between the two [N II] l<strong>in</strong>es <strong>in</strong> each set.<br />

We conclude, as the Flux-constra<strong>in</strong>ed Broad Bases (ii) model not only produces<br />

the most satisfy<strong>in</strong>g fit judged by eye, but also the lowest reduced χ 2 value, that this<br />

model is likely to most closely represent the l<strong>in</strong>e profile present <strong>in</strong> the central regions.<br />

The broad bases <strong>in</strong> this case are able to represent an asymmetric red w<strong>in</strong>g on each<br />

l<strong>in</strong>e, but they do not reduce the importance of the broad component <strong>in</strong> the fit.<br />

3.6 Conclusions<br />

In this chapter we presented the medium resolution spectra of the 21 galaxies <strong>in</strong> our<br />

UGC FR-I sample, obta<strong>in</strong>ed by ourselves <strong>and</strong> others us<strong>in</strong>g STIS. Data were obta<strong>in</strong>ed<br />

for three parallel slit positions on each nucleus (other than UGC 7115, which was<br />

observed <strong>in</strong> only one slit position).<br />

We f<strong>in</strong>d that all nuclei are compatible with a s<strong>in</strong>gle k<strong>in</strong>ematic description: a<br />

rotat<strong>in</strong>g gas disk, where r<strong>and</strong>om motions are always important. We observe patterns<br />

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