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NGC1068的Gemini中红外偏振测量:核周围的偏振结构

Gemini Mid-IR Polarimetry of NGC1068: Polarized Structures Around the Nucleus

C. Packham, S. Young, R. S. Fisher, K. Volk, R. Mason, J. H. Hough, P. F. Roche, M. Elitzur, J. Radomski, E. Perlman

摘要:

我们目前的衍射限制,10微米成像偏振数据的原型塞弗特AGN,NGC1068的中心区域。偏振的位置角与三种主要的偏振机制是一致的。我们确定了三个不同的偏振区域:(a)核的北部,由NLR中的对齐尘埃引起,(b)核的南部,东部和西部,与尘埃被引导到中央引擎一致,(c)与紧凑(<22pc)环面一致的中心最小偏振。这些观测提供了几何和光学厚环面和宿主星系的核环境之间的连续性。这些图像代表了第一次公布的中红外偏振从8米级望远镜,并说明了这种观测的潜力。

英文摘要:

We present diffraction limited, 10um imaging polarimetry data for the central regions of the archetypal Seyfert AGN, NGC1068. The position angle of polarization is consistent with three dominant polarizing mechanisms. We identify three distinct regions of polarization: (a) north of the nucleus, arising from aligned dust in the NLR, (b) south, east and west of the nucleus, consistent with dust being channeled toward the central engine and (c) a central minimum of polarization consistent with a compact (<22pc) torus. These observations provide continuity between the geometrically and optically thick torus and the host galaxy's nuclear environments. These images represent the first published mid-IR polarimetry from an 8-m class telescope and illustrate the potential of such observations.

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