Narrow-Line Regions in Seyfert Galaxies and Quasars: Modelling 2D Kinematics

We attempt to provide new insights at the kinematics of the narrow-line regions in Seyfert galaxies and quasars, the understanding of which, as well as of their intrinsic 3D morphology, is still rather limited. Motivated especially by the rise of the integral-field spectroscopy, capable of mapping the full 2D velocity fields, we introduce a code producing artificial kinematical maps for various gas geometries (spheres, disks, rings) and orientations of the ionization cone. We confront the outcome with our slit/integral-field spectroscopy data and try to unveil the intrinsic configuration of the NLR gas We also interpret our findings in relation to the AGN Unified Scheme.