NUGA: the IRAM survey of AGN spiral hosts
Abstract
The NUclei of GAlaxies (NUGA) project is a combined effort to carry out a high-resolution (<1'') interferometer CO survey of a sample of 12 nearby AGN spiral hosts, using the IRAM array. We map the distribution and dynamics of molecular gas in the inner 1 kpc of the nuclei with resolutions of 10-50 pc, and study the mechanisms for gas fueling of the different low-luminosity AGN. First results show evidence for the occurrence of strong m=1 gas instabilities in Seyferts. NUGA maps allow us to address the origin/nature of m=1 modes and their link with m=2 modes and acoustic instabilities, present in other targets.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0212451,
title = {NUGA: the IRAM survey of AGN spiral hosts},
author = {S. Garcia-Burillo and F. Combes and A. Eckart and L. J. Tacconi and L. K. Hunt and S. Leon and A. J. Baker and P. P. Englmaier and F. Boone and E. Schinnerer and R. Neri},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0212451},
year = {2007}
}
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1 gzipped tar file containing 1 Latex file + 3 eps figures. Proceedings of ''Active Galactic Nuclei: from Central Engine to Host Galaxy'', meeting held in Meudon, France, July 23-27, 2002, Eds.: S. Collin, F. Combes and I. Shlosman. To be published in ASP Conference Series