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Seyfert Galerkin在秒差距尺度上的红外核发射:对Cluyfert Torus模型的检验

The Infrared Nuclear Emission of Seyfert Galaxies on Parsec Scales: Testing the Clumpy Torus models

Cristina Ramos Almeida, Nancy A. Levenson, Jose Miguel Rodriguez Espinosa, Almudena Alonso Herrero, Andres Asensio Ramos, James T. Radomski, Chris Packham, R. S… 展开作者

Cristina Ramos Almeida, Nancy A. Levenson, Jose Miguel Rodriguez Espinosa, Almudena Alonso Herrero, Andres Asensio Ramos, James T. Radomski, Chris Packham, R. Scott Fisher, Charles M. Telesco

摘要:

我们目前的亚角秒分辨率中红外(中红外)测光的波长范围从8到20微米的18个塞弗特星系,报告高空间分辨率的整个样品的核通量。我们构造光谱能量分布(SED),活动星系核占主导地位,增加近红外测量从文献中相似的角分辨率。中间型Seyfert的IR SED较平坦,并且呈现比Seyfert 2的IR SED高10至18微米的比率。我们使用内部开发的贝叶斯聚类工具将个体SED与cluaptorus模型拟合。该模型再现了高空间分辨率的测量。无论塞弗特类型,即使有高空间分辨率的数据,近中红外SED拟合约束环的径向范围差。对于Seyfert 2,我们发现,边缘的几何形状是更可能比面对的意见,与一些云沿赤道射线N = 5-15。10微米的硅酸盐特征通常在浅吸收中建模。对于中间型Seyfert核,N和环面倾角低于Seyfert 2核,硅酸盐特征出现弱发射或不存在。负责X射线吸收的物质柱大于从模型中推断出的适合大多数星系的物质柱,这与位于尘埃升华半径内的X射线吸收气体相一致,而中红外线通量来自远离吸积盘的区域。拟合得到了活动星系核的辐射热光度和环面的积分亮度,并由此导出环面的后处理效率。在这些模型中,环面的外部径向范围与活动星系核的光度成比例,我们发现环面被限制在小于5 pc的尺度。

英文摘要:

We present subarcsecond resolution mid-infrared (mid-IR) photometry in the wavelength range from 8 to 20 micron of eighteen Seyfert galaxies, reporting high spatial resolution nuclear fluxes for the entire sample. We construct spectral energy distributions (SEDs) that the AGN dominates adding near-IR measurements from the literature at similar angular resolution. The IR SEDs of intermediate-type Seyferts are flatter and present higher 10 to 18 micron ratios than those of Seyfert 2. We fit the individual SEDs with clumpy torus models using the in-house-developed BayesClumpy tool. The models reproduce the high spatial resolution measurements. Regardless of the Seyfert type, even with high spatial resolution data, near- to mid-IR SED fitting poorly constrains the radial extent of the torus. For the Seyfert 2, we find that edge-on geometries are more probable than face-on views, with a number of clouds along equatorial rays of N = 5-15. The 10 micron silicate feature is generally modeled in shallow absorption. For the intermediate-type Seyferts, N and the inclination angle of the torus are lower than those of the Seyfert 2 nuclei, with the silicate feature appearing in weak emission or absent. The columns of material responsible for the X-ray absorption are larger than those inferred from the model fits for most of the galaxies, which is consistent with X-ray absorbing gas being located within the dust sublimation radius whereas the mid-IR flux arises from an area farther from the accretion disc. The fits yield both the bolometric luminosity of the intrinsic AGN and the torus integrated luminosity, from which we derive the reprocessing efficiency of the torus. In the models, the outer radial extent of the torus scales with the AGN luminosity, and we find the tori to be confined to scales less than 5 pc.

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