Anomalous Silicate Dust Emission in the Type 1 LINER Nucleus of M81
Howard A. Smith, Aigen Li, M. P. Li, M. Koehler, M. L. N. Ashby, G. Fazio, J-S Huang, M. Marengo, Z. Wang, S. Willner, A. Zezas, L. Spinoglio, Y. L. Wu
We report the detection and successful modeling of the unusual 9.7\mum Si--O stretching silicate emission feature in the type 1 (i.e. face-on) LINER nucleus of M81. Using the Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) instrument on Spitzer, we determine the feature in the central 230 pc of M81 to be in strong emission, with a peak at ~10.5\mum. This feature is strikingly different in character from the absorption feature of the galactic interstellar medium, and from the silicate absorption or weak emission features typical of galaxies with active star formation. We successfully model the high signal-to-noise ratio IRS spectra with porous silicate dust using laboratory-acquired mineral spectra. We find that the most probable fit uses micron-sized, porous grains of amorphous silicate and graphite. In addition to silicate dust, there is weak PAH emission present (particularly at 11.3\mum, arising from the C--H out-of-plane bending vibration of relatively large PAHs of ~500--1000 C atoms) whose character reflects the low-excitation AGN environment, with some evidence that small PAHs of ~100--200 C atoms (responsible for the 7.7\mum C--C stretching band) in the immediate vicinity of the nucleus have been preferentially destroyed. (abstract continues)
Ruling out conventional photoionization models in the closest LINER M31 with CFHT/SITELLE observations
Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute(韩国天文与空间科学研究所);East Asian Core Observatories Association (EACOA)(东亚核心观测台协会);School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University(南京大学天文与空间科学学院);Key Laboratory of Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nanjing University(南京大学现代天文与天体物理教育部重点实验室);Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (CSIC)(安达卢西亚天体物理研究所(西班牙高等科学研究委员会));Institute of Natural Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study(西湖高等研究院自然科学研究院);Department of Astronomy, School of Science, Westlake University(西湖大学理学院天文学系);Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian(哈佛史密松天体物理中心)
IC 485:a new candidate disk-maser galaxy at $\sim$100 Mpc distance. Milliarcsecond resolution study of the galaxy nucleus and of the $H_{2}O$ megamaser
Hector Galaxy Survey: Optical IFU and Chandra Reveal a Low-Luminosity AGN Behind Extended LINER Emission
Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute(韩国天文与空间科学研究院);Macquarie University(麦考瑞大学);ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions (ASTRO 3D)(三维全天空天体物理学卓越中心(ASTRO 3D));University of Queensland(昆士兰大学)
High Resolution (<100pc) Ionization Structures in the ISM of AGN ESO~137-G34
Astronomical Observatory of the Jagiellonian University(雅盖隆大学天文台);NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center(美国国家航空航天局戈达德太空飞行中心);Newcastle University(纽卡斯尔大学);Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics(马克斯·普朗克地外物理学研究所)
NGC 6744 - A nearby Milky Way twin with a very low-luminosity AGN
NGC 6744是南半球距离我们最近且最明亮的星系,其形态类型与银河系相似。利用双子座南多目标摄谱仪的积分场单元获得的数据,我们发现这个星系有一个LINER(低电离核发射线区)的核,周围有三个线发射区。对哈勃太空望远镜存档图像的分析显示,该核与一个蓝色致密源有关,可能对应于活动星系核(AGN)。环核辐射似乎是活动星系核窄线区的一部分。其中一个区域位于活动星系核东南方1”处的$\sim$,似乎与活动星系核的电离锥有关。另外两个区域分别位于原子核以南$\sim$ 1”和东北方向$\sim$ 0.6”处,与气体旋转盘不成一直线。光谱合成显示,这个星系可能在大约10亿年前经历了一次合并。在运动学行为的基础上,我们发现了一个气体旋转盘,不与恒星盘共线。考虑到核和环核区域的相对电离度和光度,我们认为活动星系核在过去更明亮,而目前的环核辐射是这一阶段的回声。
GOALS-JWST: Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy of the Nucleus of NGC 7469
我们目前的中红外光谱观测的核心附近的塞弗特星系NGC 7469采取与MIRI仪器的詹姆斯韦伯太空望远镜(JWST)的一部分,董事自由裁量权的时间提前释放科学(ERS)计划1328。高分辨率核谱包含19条发射线,覆盖了广泛的电离范围。高电离线表现出广泛的,蓝移的排放达到1700公里的速度$^{-1}$和FWHM范围从$\sim500 - 1100$公里的$^{-1}$。宽发射的宽度和宽线与窄线的通量比与电离势相关。结果表明,减速,分层,活动星系核驱动流出的核心。估计的质量流出率比目前为活动星系核提供动力所需的黑洞吸积率大一到两个数量级。八个纯转动H $_{2}$发射线检测到的固有宽度从半高宽$\sim 125-330$公里秒$^{-1}$。我们估计在中心100 pc的热H $_{2}$气体的总质量为$\sim1.2\times10^{7}$ M $_{\odot}$。PAH特征在核谱中是非常弱的,但是检测到具有等效宽度$\sim0.07μ$ m和通量$2.7\times10^{-17}$ W m $^{-2}$的$6.2μ$ m PAH特征。光谱在中红外线处急剧上升,硅酸盐强度为$\sim0.02$,比大多数PG类星体小得多,但与其他塞弗特1相当。这些早期的MIRI中红外IFU数据突出了JWST探测活跃吸积超大质量黑洞周围多相星际介质的能力。