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Centaurus A (Cen A) is one of the most famous galaxies hosting an active galactic nucleus (AGN), where the interaction between AGN activities and surrounding interstellar and intergalactic media has been investigated. Recent studies…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-09-17 R. Katayama , H. Kaneda , T. Kokusho , K. Morihana , T. Suzuki , S. Oyabu , M. Yamagishi , T. Tsuchikawa

We used the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) to map the CO(3-2) and [CI](1-0) lines, as well as their underlying continuum emission, from the central $\sim 200$ pc region of the Circinus galaxy that hosts the nearest type…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-11-07 Takuma Izumi , Keiichi Wada , Ryosuke Fukushige , Sota Hamamura , Kotaro Kohno

We present measurements of interstellar H_2 absorption lines in the continuum spectra of seven early-type stars in the Galactic disk at distances between 1 and 4 kpc. Five of these stars provide lines of sight through the Sagittarius spiral…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 W. Van Dyke Dixon , Mark Hurwitz , Stuart Bowyer

We report Chandra ACIS and quasi-simultaneous RXTE observations of the nearby, powerful radio galaxy Cygnus A, with the present paper focusing on the properties of the active nucleus. In the Chandra observation, the hard (> a few keV) X-ray…

We report on atomic gas (HI) and molecular gas (as traced by CO(2-1)) redshifted absorption features toward the nuclear regions of the closest powerful radio galaxy, Centaurus A (NGC 5128). Our HI observations using the Very Long Baseline…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 D. Espada , A. B. Peck , S. Matsushita , K. Sakamoto , C. Henkel , D. Iono , F. P. Israel , S. Muller , G. Petitpas , Y. Pihlstroem , G. B. Taylor , D. V. Trung

We describe a moderate-resolution FUSE mini-survey of H2 in the Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds, using four hot stars and four AGN as background sources. FUSE spectra of nearly every stellar and extragalactic source exhibit numerous…

We present high resolution H41a hydrogen recombination line observations of the 1.2' (3 pc) region surrounding Sgr A* at 92 GHz using the OVRO Millimeter Array with an angular resolution of 7" x 3" and velocity resolution of 13 km/s. New…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Hemant Shukla , Min S. Yun , N. Z. Scoville

(Abridged) We present new, intermediate resolution spectra (~4A) of the compact radio source PKS 1345+12. Our spectra clearly show extended line emission (~20kpc) consistent with the asymmetric halo of diffuse emission observed in optical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. Holt , C. N. Tadhunter , R. Morganti

Results from a 60 ks Chandra HETGS observation of the nearby Seyfert 2 Circinus are presented. The spectrum shows a wealth of emission lines at both soft and hard X-rays, including lines of Ne, Mg, Si, S, Ar, Ca, and Fe, and a prominent Fe…

We present the detection analysis of a diffuse molecular cloud at z$_{abs}$=2.4636 towards the quasar SDSS J1513+0352(z$_{em}\,\simeq$ 2.68) observed with the X-shooter spectrograph(VLT). We measure very high column densities of atomic and…

Simultaneous modeling of the line and continuum emission from the nuclear region of the Circinus galaxy is presented. Composite models which include the combined effect of shocks and photoionization from the active center and from the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-15 M. Contini , M. A. Prieto , S. M. Viegas

We detail the spectral analysis of a 170 ks XRISM Resolve observation of the core of Cygnus A. The high spectral resolution of Resolve have enabled us to probe the inner accretion region of Cygnus A by analyzing the 6.4 keV Fe K$\alpha$…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-19 Anwesh Majumder , T. Heckman , L. Gu , A. Simionescu , B. R. McNamara , A. Ptak , E. Hodges-Kluck , M. Yukita , M. W. Wise , N. Roy

Using deep (11.2hr) VLT/MUSE data from the MEGAFLOW survey, we report the first detection of extended MgII emission from a galaxy's halo that is probed by a quasar sightline. The MgII $\lambda\lambda$ 2796,2803 emission around the $z =…

We report the first ensemble results from the FUSE survey of molecular hydrogen in lines of sight with A_V $\gtrsim$ 1 mag. We have developed techniques for fitting computed profiles to the low-J lines of H2, and thus determining column…

We search for variations in the disk of Centaurus A of the emission from atomic fine structure lines using Herschel PACS and SPIRE spectroscopy. In particular we observe the [C II](158 $\mu$m), [N II](122 and 205 $\mu$m), [O I](63 and 145…

We report the results of initial FUSE observations of molecular hydrogen (H2) in translucent clouds. These clouds have greater optical depth than any of the diffuse clouds previously observed for far-UV H2 absorption, and provide new…

One of the best-studied jets from all young stellar objects is the jet of DG Tau, which we imaged in the FUV with HST for the first time. These high spatial resolution images were obtained with long-pass filters and allow us to construct…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 P. C. Schneider , J. Eisloeffel , M. Guedel , H. M. Guenther , G. Herczeg , J. Robrade , J. H. M. M. Schmitt

We present the first detection of carbon radio recombination line absorption along the line of sight to Cygnus A. The observations were carried out with the LOw Frequency ARray in the 33 to 57 MHz range. These low frequency radio…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 J. B. R. Oonk , R. J. van Weeren , F. Salgado , L. K. Morabito , A. G. G. M. Tielens , H. J. A. Rottgering , A. Asgekar , G. J. White , A. Alexov , J. Anderson , I. M. Avruch , F. Batejat , R. Beck , M. E. Bell , I. van Bemmel , M. J. Bentum , G. Bernardi , P. Best , A. Bonafede , F. Breitling , M. Brentjens , J. Broderick , M. Brueggen , H. R. Butcher , B. Ciardi , J. E. Conway , A. Corstanje , F. de Gasperin , E. de Geus , M. de Vos , S. Duscha , J. Eisloeffel , D. Engels , J. van Enst , H. Falcke , R. A. Fallows , R. Fender , C. Ferrari , W. Frieswijk , M. A. Garrett , J. Griessmeier , J. P. Hamaker , T. E. Hassall , G. Heald , J. W. T. Hessels , M. Hoeft , A. Horneffer , A. van der Horst , M. Iacobelli , N. J. Jackson , E. Juette , A. Karastergiou , W. Klijn , J. Kohler , V. I. Kondratiev , M. Kramer , M. Kuniyoshi , G. Kuper , J. van Leeuwen , P. Maat , G. Macario , G. Mann , S. Markoff , J. P. McKean , M. Mevius , J. C. A. Miller-Jones , J. D. Mol , D. D. Mulcahy , H. Munk , M. J. Norden , E. Orru , H. Paas , M. Pandey-Pommier , V. N. Pandey , R. Pizzo , A. G. Polatidis , W. Reich , A. M. M. Scaife , A. Schoenmakers , D. Schwarz , A. Shulevski , J. Sluman , O. Smirnov , C. Sobey , B. W. Stappers , M. Steinmetz , J. Swinbank , M. Tagger , Y. Tang , C. Tasse , S. ter Veen , S. Thoudam , C. Toribio , R. van Nieuwpoort , R. Vermeulen , C. Vocks , C. Vogt , R. A. M. J. Wijers , M. W. Wise , O. Wucknitz , S. Yatawatta , P. Zarka , A. Zensus

From optical spectropolarimetry of Cygnus A we conclude that the scattering medium in the ionization cones in Cygnus A is moving outward at a speed of 170+-34 km/s, and that the required momentum can be supplied by the radiation pressure of…

The discovery of giant quasar Ly$\alpha$ nebulae at $z>2$ has opened up the possibility to directly study in emission the Circumgalactic and Intergalactic Medium (CGM/IGM). However, the resonant nature of the Ly$\alpha$ line and its…