Emission Lines Depend on Radiation Parameter

Data on Seyfert and LINER galaxies plotted on ratio-ratio diagrams. The solid lines give the results of the same photoionization calculations as shown above. The aim of this paper was to suggest that the LINER galaxies were simply Seyferts but with lower radiation parameters (due to weaker central ionizing sources).

 

Figures from Ferland and Netzer, 1983   [o-link]