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We present two-dimensional gas-kinematic maps of the central region in Centaurus A. The adaptive optics (AO) assisted SINFONI data from the VLT have a resolution of 0.12" in K-band. The ionized gas species (Br_gamma, [FeII], [SiVI]) show a…

Context. The properties of the accretion flow surrounding the supermassive central black hole of the Galaxy, Sgr A*, will be scrutinized by the new-generation instrument GRAVITY and the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). Developing fast,…

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We present subarcsecond resolution mid-infrared images at 10.8 and 18.2 microns of Cygnus A. These images were obtained with the University of Florida mid-IR camera/spectrometer OSCIR at the Keck II 10-m telescope. Our data show extended…

The infrared is a key wavelength regime for probing the dusty, obscured nuclear regions of active galaxies. We present results from an infrared study of 87 nearby Seyfert galaxies using the Spitzer Space Telescope and ground-based…

The centaur (2060) Chiron has exhibited outgassing behaviour and possibly hosts a ring system. On 2011 November 29, Chiron occulted a fairly bright star (R approximately 15 mag) as observed from the 3-m NASA Infrared Telescope Facility…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 A. A. Sickafoose , A. S. Bosh , J. P. Emery , M. J. Person , C. A. Zuluaga , M. Womack , J. D. Ruprecht , F. B. Bianco , A. M. Zangari

We present 5-38um mid-infrared spectra at a spectral resolution of R~65-130 of a large sample of 22 starburst nuclei taken with the Infrared Spectrograph IRS on board the Spitzer Space Telescope. The spectra show a vast range in starburst…

The question of the origin of the hard X-ray/soft gamma-ray emission in Centaurus A (Cen A) persists despite decades of observations. Results from X-ray instruments suggest a jet origin since the implied electron temperature (kT_e) would…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-03 James Rodi , E. Jourdain , M. Molina , J. -P. Roques

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

We present new ATCA 21-cm line observations of the neutral hydrogen in the nearby radio galaxy Centaurus A. We image in detail (with a resolution down to 7", ~100pc) the distribution of HI along the dust lane. Our data have better velocity…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 C. Struve , T. A. Oosterloo , R. Morganti , L. Saripalli

In this paper we further explore the properties of the HERschel Ultra Luminous Infrared Galaxy Survey (HERUS) sample of 42 local ultraluminous infrared galaxies (ULIRGs) with our recently developed Bayesian spectral energy distribution…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-02-21 Charalambia Varnava , Andreas Efstathiou , Duncan Farrah , Dimitra Rigopoulou

We explore whether our models for starbursts, quiescent star-forming galaxies and for AGN dust tori are able to model the full range of IRS spectra measured with Spitzer. The diagnostic plot of 9.7 mu silicate optical depth versus 6.2 mu…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-02 Michael Rowan-Robinson , Andreas Efstathiou

We present high angular resolution X-ray images and spectra from two {\em Chandra} ACIS-I observations of the X-ray jet in the nearby radio galaxy Centaurus A. We find that the X-ray emission from the jet is composed of a low surface…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 R. P. Kraft , W. R. Forman , C. Jones , S. S. Murray , M. J. Hardcastle , D. M. Worrall

The physical state of the gas in the central 500 pc of NGC~5128 (the radio galaxy Centaurus A - Cen A), was investigated using the far-infrared fine-structure lines of carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen, as well as the CO(4-3) molecular line. The…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-03-01 F. P. Israel , R. Guesten , R. Meijerink , M. A. Requena-Torres , J. Stutzki

We present measurements of the polarization of X-rays in the $2-8 \thinspace \mathrm{keV}$ band from the nucleus of the radio galaxy Centaurus A (Cen A), using a 100ks observation from the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE). Nearly…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-31 Steven R. Ehlert , Riccardo Ferrazzoli , Andrea Marinucci , Herman L. Marshall , Riccardo Middei , Luigi Pacciani , Matteo Perri , Pierre-Olivier Petrucci , Simonetta Puccetti , Thibault Barnouin , Stefano Bianchi , Ioannis Liodakis , Grzegorz Madejski , Fréderic Marin , Alan P. Marscher , Giorgio Matt , Juri Poutanen , Kinwah Wu , Iván Agudo , Lucio A. Antonelli , Matteo Bachetti , Luca Baldini , Wayne H. Baumgartner , Ronaldo Bellazzini , Stephen D. Bongiorno , Raffaella Bonino , Alessandro Brez , Niccolò Bucciantini , Fiamma Capitanio , Simone Castellano , Elisabetta Cavazzuti , Stefano Ciprini , Enrico Costa , Alessandra De Rosa , Ettore Del Monte , Laura Di Gesu , Niccolò Di Lalla , Alessandro Di Marco , Immacolata Donnarumma , Victor Doroshenko , Michal Dovčiak , Teruaki Enoto , Yuri Evangelista , Sergio Fabiani , Javier A. Garcia , Shuichi Gunji , Kiyoshi Hayashida , Jeremy Heyl , Wataru Iwakiri , Svetlana G. Jorstad , Vladimir Karas , Takao Kitaguchi , Jeffery J. Kolodziejczak , Henric Krawczynski , Fabio La Monaca , Luca Latronico , Simone Maldera , Alberto Manfreda , Francesco Massaro , Ikuyuki Mitsuishi , Tsunefumi Mizuno , Fabio Muleri , Michela Negro , C. -Y. Ng , Stephen L. O'Dell , Nicola Omodei , Chiara Oppedisano , Alessandro Papitto , George G. Pavlov , Abel L. Peirson , Melissa Pesce-Rollins , Maura Pilia , Andrea Possenti , Brian D. Ramsey , John Rankin , Ajay Ratheesh , Roger W. Romani , Carmelo Sgrò , Patrick Slane , Paolo Soffitta , Gloria Spandre , Toru Tamagawa , Fabrizio Tavecchio , Roberto Taverna , Yuzuru Tawara , Allyn F. Tennant , Nicholas E. Thomas , Francesco Tombesi , Alessio Trois , Sergey Tsygankov , Roberto Turolla , Jacco Vink , Martin C. Weisskopf , Fei Xie , Silvia Zane , James Rodi , Elisabeth Jourdain , Jean-Pierre Roques

We summarize recent results on the infrared (IR) nuclear properties of Seyfert galaxies. 100% of all Seyfert 1-1.9$ and ~50% of all Seyfert 2s in the CfA and RSA samples observed with HST/NICMOS show nuclear point sources at 1.6micron. We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Almudena Alonso-Herrero

We present high resolution images of the 12CO(2-1) emission in the central 1' (1 kpc) of NGC 5128 (Centaurus A), observed using the SMA. We elucidate for the first time the distribution and kinematics of the molecular gas in this region…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-02-11 D. Espada , S. Matsushita , A. Peck , C. Henkel , D. Iono , F. P. Israel , S. Muller , G. Petitpas , Y. Pihlstroem , G. B. Taylor , Dinh-V-Trung

We use infrared spectroscopy and photometry to empirically define the intrinsic, thermal infrared spectral energy distribution (i.e., 6-100 um SED) of typical active galactic nuclei (i.e., 2-10 keV luminosity, Lx=10^{42}-10^{44} ergs/s…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 J. R. Mullaney , D. M. Alexander , A. D. Goulding , Ryan C. Hickox

In the light of the recently predicted isotopic composition of the kpc-scale jet in Centaurus A, we re-investigate whether this source could be responsible for some of the ultra-high energy cosmic rays detected by the Pierre Auger…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-06-27 Sarka Wykes , Andrew M. Taylor , Justin D. Bray , Martin J. Hardcastle , Michael Hillas

We have measured the mid-infrared thermal continua from two Centaurs, inactive (8405) Asbolus and active 95P=(2060) Chiron, and have constrained their geometric albedos, p, and effective radii, R, with the Standard Thermal Model for slow…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Y. R. Fernandez , D. C. Jewitt , S. S. Sheppard

We use photometric and spectroscopic infrared observations obtained with the Spitzer Space Telescope of 12 radio-loud active galactic nuclei (AGN) to investigate the dust geometry. Our approach is to look at the change of the infrared…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Hermine Landt , Catherine L. Buchanan , Pauline Barmby