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(abbreviated): This paper presents the results of a high resolution radio imaging survey of all known (96) low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (LLAGNs) at D<19Mpc. We find that almost half of all LINERs and low-luminosity Seyferts have…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 N. M. Nagar , H. Falcke , A. S. Wilson , J. S. Ulvestad

We present new observations of the GOODS-N field obtained at 5.5 GHz with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA). The central region of the field was imaged to a median r.m.s. of 3 microJy/beam with a resolution of 0.5 arcsec. From a…

The obscuration observed in active galactic nuclei (AGN) is mainly caused by dust and gas distributed in a torus-like structure surrounding the supermassive black hole (SMBH). However, properties of the obscuring torus of the AGN in X-ray…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-06-09 X. Zhao , S. Marchesi , M. Ajello , D. Cole , Z. Hu , R. Silver , N. Torres-Albà

This paper presents the results of a high resolution radio imaging survey of 83 of the 118 ultraluminous infrared galaxies (ULIRGs) in the IRAS 1 Jy ULIRG sample. We have observed these ULIRGs at 15GHz with the Very Large Array (VLA). We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Neil M. Nagar , Andrew S. Wilson , Heino Falcke , Sylvain Veilleux , Roberto Maiolino

We present observations of the molecular gas in the nuclear environment of three prototypical low luminosity AGN (LLAGN), based on VLT/SINFONI AO-assisted integral-field spectroscopy of H2 1-0 S(1) emission at angular resolutions of ~0.17".…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 F. Müller-Sánchez , M. A. Prieto , M. Mezcua , R. I. Davies , M. Malkan , M. Elitzur

We report the clearest detection to date of dusty torus signatures in a Weak-Line Radio Galaxy (WLRG). The deep Spitzer InfraRed Spectrograph (IRS) rest-frame mid-infrared (MIR) spectrum of the WLRG PKS 0043-42 (z=0.116) shows a clear…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Cristina Ramos Almeida , Daniel Dicken , Clive Tadhunter , A. Asensio Ramos , K. J. Inskip , M. J. Hardcastle , B. Mingo

We present results from the fitting of infrared (IR) spectral energy distributions of 21 active galactic nuclei (AGN) with clumpy torus models. We compiled high spatial resolution ($\sim 0.3$--$0.7$ arcsec) mid-IR $N$-band spectroscopy,…

We describe a complete volume limited sample of nearby active galaxies selected by their 14-195keV luminosity, and outline its rationale for studying the mechanisms regulating gas inflow and outflow. We describe also a complementary sample…

We report on the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) observation of the closest and X-ray brightest Compton-thick active galactic nucleus (AGN), the Circinus galaxy. We find the source to be significantly polarized in the 2--6 keV…

We construct a sample of 3,516 radio-loud host galaxies of active galactic nuclei (AGN) from the optical Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty cm (FIRST). These have 1.4 GHz luminosities in the range…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-08-17 Elizabeth J. A. Mannering , Diana M. Worrall , Mark Birkinshaw

We present the results from the first large (>100 source) 3.5 mm polarimetric survey of radio loud active galactic nuclei (AGN). The I, Q, U, and V Stokes parameter observations were performed with the XPOL polarimeter at the IRAM 30m…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 I. Agudo , C. Thum , H. Wiesemeyer , T. P. Krichbaum

The unified model of active galactic nuclei (AGN) claims that the properties of AGN depend on the viewing angle of the observer with respect to a toroidal distribution of dust surrounding the nucleus. Both the mid-infrared (MIR) attenuation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 O. Gonzalez-Martin , J. M. Rodriguez-Espinosa , T. Diaz-Santos , C. Packham , A. Alonso-Herrero , P. Esquej , C. Ramos Almeida , R. Mason , C. Telesco

The Cygnus Loop (G74.0-8.5) is a very well-known nearby supernova remnant (SNR) in our Galaxy. Thanks to its large size, brightness, and angular offset from the Galactic plane, it has been studied in detail from radio to $\gamma$-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-15 A. Tutone , J. Ballet , F. Acero , A. D'Aì , G. Cusumano

We use restframe near- and mid-IR data of an isotropically selected sample of quasars and radio galaxies at 1.0 \leq z \leq 1.4, which have been published previously, to study the wavelength-dependent anisotropy of the IR emission. For that…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 S. F. Hoenig , C. Leipski , R. Antonucci , M. Haas

Several authors have claimed that the less luminous active galactic nuclei (AGN) are not capable of sustaining the dusty torus structure. Thus, a gradual re-sizing of the torus is expected when the AGN luminosity decreases. Our aim is to…

We present the results of a 8.4 GHz Very Large Array radio survey of early-type galaxies extracted from the ACS Virgo Cluster Survey. The aim of this survey is to investigate the origin of radio emission in early-type galaxies and its link…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Alessandro Capetti , Preeti Kharb , David J. Axon , David Merritt , Ranieri D. Baldi

A Suzaku observation of the nucleus of the radio-loud AGN Centaurus A in 2005 has yielded a broadband spectrum spanning 0.3 to 250 keV. The net exposure times after screening were: 70 ks per X-ray Imaging Spectrometer (XIS) camera, 60.8 ks…

We have carried out a high-sensitivity and high-resolution radio continuum study towards a sample of 47 massive dense cores (MDCs) in the Cygnus X star-forming complex using the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array, aiming to detect and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-03-30 Yuwei Wang , Keping Qiu , Yue Cao , Yu Cheng , Junhao Liu , Bo Hu

The dusty torus plays a vital role in unifying active galactic nuclei (AGNs). However, the physical structure of the torus remains largely unclear. Here we present a systematical investigation of the torus mid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-09-30 Jun Xu , Mouyuan Sun , Yongquan Xue , Junyao Li , Zhicheng He

We present high-angular (~0.4") resolution mid-infrared (MIR) polarimetric observations in the 8.7 ${\mu}$m and 11.6 ${\mu}$m filters of Cygnus A using CanariCam on the 10.4-m Gran Telescopio CANARIAS. A highly polarized nucleus is observed…

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