A Study of the Structure and Kinematics of the Narrow-Line Region in Seyfert Galaxies. III. Individual Objects

An individual analysis is presented of the narrow-line profiles of 16 Seyfert galaxies. Substructure is observed in all but one of the sample objects. A direct relationship between the radio structure and these emission-line components is proposed in about half of the objects. The emission-line components generally have flux ratios which are quite similar to the rest of the narrow-line gas. These results suggest that the radio-emitting plasma strongly affects the kinematics of the thermal gas of the narrow-line region (NLR), but not its ionization state. Evidence for ionization/density stratification of the gas in the NLR is found in 4(ionization)/5(density) of the 11 objects for which a multispecies analysis is possible. The stronger cases of stratification are found in the objects whose emission lines present a minimum of profile substructure. A multicomponent model of the NLR is proposed to explain the results of this paper and previous ones. 192 refs.