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| DOI | 10.1051/0004-6361/201834560 | ||||
| Año | 2019 | ||||
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We report Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observations of CO(3-2) emission in a sample of seven Seyfert/LINER galaxies at the unprecedented spatial resolution of 0 ''.1 = 4-9 pc. Our aim is to explore the close environment of active galactic nuclei (AGN), and the dynamical structures leading to their fueling, through the morphology and kinematics of the gas inside the sphere of influence of the black hole. The selected galaxies host low-luminosity AGN and have a wide range of activity types (Seyferts 1 to 2, LINERs), and barred or ringed morphologies. The observed maps reveal the existence of circumnuclear disk structures, defined by their morphology and decoupled kinematics, in most of the sample. We call these structures molecular tori, even though they often appear as disks without holes in the center. They have varying orientations along the line of sight, unaligned with the host galaxy orientation. The radius of the tori ranges from 6 to 27 pc, and their mass from 0.7 x10(7) to 3.9 x 10(7 )M(circle dot). The most edge-on orientations of the torus correspond to obscured Seyferts. In only one case (NGC 1365), the AGN is centered on the central gas hole of the torus. On a larger scale, the gas is always piled up in a few resonant rings 100 pc in scale that play the role of a reservoir to fuel the nucleus. In some cases, a trailing spiral is observed inside the ring, providing evidence for feeding processes. More frequently, the torus and the AGN are slightly off-centered with respect to the bar-resonant ring position, implying that the black hole is wandering by a few 10 pc amplitude around the center of mass of the galaxy. Our spatial resolution allows us to measure gas velocities inside the sphere of influence of the central black holes. By fitting the observations with different simulated cubes, varying the torus inclination and the black hole mass, it is possible to estimate the mass of the central black hole, which is in general difficult for such late-type galaxies, with only a pseudo-bulge. In some cases, AGN feedback is revealed through a molecular outflow, which will be studied in detail in a subsequent article.
| Ord. | Autor | Género | Institución - País |
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| 1 | Combes, Francoise | Mujer |
Sorbonne Univ - Francia
Coll France - Francia LERMA - Laboratoire d'Études du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique et Atmosphères - Francia Collège de France - Francia CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Francia |
| 2 | Garcia-Burillo, S. | Hombre |
Observ Madrid - España
Observatorio Astronomico Nacional - España |
| 3 | Audibert, A. | - |
Sorbonne Univ - Francia
LERMA - Laboratoire d'Études du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique et Atmosphères - Francia CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Francia |
| 4 | Hunt, L. | Mujer |
Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica - Italia
Osservatorio Astrofisico Di Arcetri - Italia |
| 5 | Eckart, A. | Hombre |
Univ Cologne - Alemania
University of Cologne - Alemania Universität zu Köln - Alemania |
| 6 | Aalto, Susanne | Mujer |
Chalmers Univ Technol - Suecia
Chalmers University of Technology, Onsala Space Observatory - Suecia Onsala Space Observatory - Suecia |
| 7 | Casasola, V. | Mujer |
Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica - Italia
INAF Ist Radioastron - Italia Osservatorio Astrofisico Di Arcetri - Italia Istituto Di Radioastronomia, Bologna - Italia |
| 8 | Boone, F. | - |
CNRS - Francia
CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Francia Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP) - Francia |
| 9 | Krips, M. | - |
RAM - Francia
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| 10 | Viti, Serena | Mujer |
UCL - Reino Unido
University College London - Reino Unido |
| 11 | Sakamoto, K. | Hombre |
Acad Sinica - Taiwán
Academia Sinica, Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics - Taiwán Academia Sinica Taiwan - Taiwán |
| 12 | Muller, S. | - |
Chalmers Univ Technol - Suecia
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| 13 | Dasyra, K. | Mujer |
Univ Athens - Grecia
Natl Observ Athens - Grecia National and Kapodistrian University of Athens - Grecia National Observatory of Athens - Grecia |
| 14 | van der Werf, Paul P. | Hombre |
Leiden Univ - Países Bajos
Leiden Observatory Research Institute - Países Bajos Sterrewacht Leiden - Países Bajos |
| 15 | Martin, S. | - |
ESO - Chile
Atacama Large Millimeter Array - Chile |
| Fuente |
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| INAF PRIN-SKA 2017 program |
| Spanish grant |
| CNES |
| CEA |
| Programme National Cosmology et Galaxies (PNCG) of CNRS/INSU |
| INP |
| IN2P3 |
| Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique |
| Horizon 2020 Framework Programme |
| CNRS/INSU |
| Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales |
| INSU |
| Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives |
| Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales |
| ADS/JAO.ALMA |
| Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives |
| Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules |
| Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules |
| Agradecimiento |
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| We warmly thank the referee for the constructive comments and suggestions. The ALMA staff in Chile and ARC-people at IRAM are gratefully acknowledged for their help in the data reduction. We particularly thank Philippe Salome for his useful advice. SGB is thankful for the support from Spanish grant AYA2016-76682-C3-2-P. LKH acknowledges funding from the INAF PRIN-SKA 2017 program 1.05.01.88.04. This paper makes use of the following ALMA data: ADS/JAO.ALMA#2015.0.00404.S, and ADS/JAO.ALMA#2016.0.00296.S. ALMA is a partnership of ESO (representing its member states), NSF (USA), and NINS (Japan), together with NRC (Canada) and NSC and ASIAA (Taiwan), in cooperation with the Republic of Chile. The Joint ALMA Observatory is operated by ESO, AUI/NRAO, and NAOJ. The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is a facility of the National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc. We used observations made with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, and obtained from the Hubble Legacy Archive, which is a collaboration between the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI/NASA), the Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF/ESA), and the Canadian Astronomy Data Centre (CADC/NRC/CSA). We made use of the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED) and of the HyperLeda database. This work was supported by the Programme National Cosmology et Galaxies (PNCG) of CNRS/INSU with INP and IN2P3, co-funded by CEA and CNES. |
| Acknowledgements. We warmly thank the referee for the constructive comments and suggestions. The ALMA staff in Chile and ARC-people at IRAM are gratefully acknowledged for their help in the data reduction. We particularly thank Philippe Salomé for his useful advice. SGB is thankful for the support from Spanish grant AYA2016-76682-C3-2-P. LKH acknowledges funding from the INAF PRIN-SKA 2017 program 1.05.01.88.04. This paper makes use of the following ALMA data: ADS/JAO.ALMA#2015.0.00404.S, and ADS/JAO.ALMA#2016.0.00296.S. ALMA is a partnership of ESO (representing its member states), NSF (USA), and NINS (Japan), together with NRC (Canada) and NSC and ASIAA (Taiwan), in cooperation with the Republic of Chile. The Joint ALMA Observatory is operated by ESO, AUI/NRAO, and NAOJ. The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is a facility of the National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc. We used observations made with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, and obtained from the Hubble Legacy Archive, which is a collaboration between the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI/NASA), the Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF/ESA), and the Canadian Astronomy Data Centre (CADC/NRC/CSA). We made use of the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED) and of the HyperLeda database. This work was supported by the Programme National Cosmology et Galaxies (PNCG) of CNRS/INSU with INP and IN2P3, co-funded by CEA and CNES. |