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We present new deep Chandra observations of the Centaurus A jet, with a combined on-source exposure time of 719 ks. These data allow detailed X-ray spectral measurements to be made along the jet out to its disappearance at 4.5 kpc from the…

We report the discovery of faint very high energy (VHE, E>100 GeV) gamma-ray emission from the radio galaxy Centaurus A in observations performed with the H.E.S.S. experiment, an imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope array consisting of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-12-17 HESS Collaboration , F. Aharonian

We present the distribution and kinematics of the molecular gas in the circumnuclear disk (CND, 400 pc x 200 pc) of Centaurus A with resolutions of ~5 pc (0.3 arcsec) and shed light onto the mechanism feeding the Active Galactic Nucleus…

In this article we study the morphology, kinematics and ionization properties of the giant ionized gas nebulae surrounding two high redshift radio galaxies, 4C40.36 (z=2.27) and 4C48.48 (z=2.34).}{Integral Field Spectroscopy observations…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. F. Sanchez , A. Humphrey

Spitzer Space Telescope mid-infrared images of the radio galaxy Centaurus A reveal a shell-like, bipolar, structure 500 pc to the north and south of the nucleus. This shell is seen in 5.8, 8.0 and 24 micron broad-band images. Such a…

Here we re-analyze the archival {\it Chandra} data for the central parts of the Centaurus\,A radio galaxy, aiming for a systematic investigation of the X-ray emission associated with the inner radio lobes in the system, and their immediate…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-11-10 Dominika Ł. Król , Volodymyr Marchenko , Michał Ostrowski , Łukasz Stawarz

We identify optical emission-line features 700" (12 kpc) southwest of the nucleus of Centaurus A, roughly opposite the radio jet and well-known optical emission filaments associated with the northern radio structure. These regions are…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-01-30 William C. Keel , Julie K. Banfield , Anne Medling , Susan G. Neff

At less than 4 Mpc distance the radio galaxy NGC 5128 (Centaurus A) is the prime example to study the supermassive black hole and its influence on the environment in great detail. To model and understand the feeding and feedback mechanisms…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Nadine Neumayer

The interaction between the radio plasma ejected by the active nucleus of a galaxy and the surrounding medium is a key process that can have a strong impact on the interstellar medium of the galaxy and hence on galaxy evolution. The closest…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-11-10 F. Santoro , J. B. R. Oonk , R. Morganti , T. Oosterloo

NGC 5128 (Centaurus A) is one of the best example to study AGN-feedback in the local Universe. At 13.5 kpc from the galaxy, optical filaments with recent star formation are lying along the radio-jet direction. We used the Atacama Pathfinder…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-11-09 Quentin Salomé , Philippe Salomé , Françoise Combes , Stephen Hamer

We present high spatial resolution near-infrared spectra and images of the nucleus of Centaurus A (NGC 5128) obtained with NAOS-CONICA at the VLT. The adaptive optics corrected data have a spatial resolution of 0.06" (FWHM) in K- and 0.11"…

Galactic circumnuclear environments of nearby galaxies provide unique opportunities for our understanding of the co-evolution between super-massive black holes and their host galaxies. Here we present a detailed study of ionized gas in the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-04-06 Zongnan Li , Zhiyuan Li , Ruben Garcia-Benito , Shuai Feng

Imaging and spectroscopic observations of planetary nebulae (PNe) in the nearest large elliptical galaxy NGC 5128 (Centaurus A), were obtained to find more PNe and measure their radial velocities. NTT imaging was obtained in 15 fields in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-02-04 J. R. Walsh , M. Rejkuba , N. A. Walton

In this paper we present results from our exploratory mid-IR study of Centaurus A circumnuclear environment using high-angular resolution imaging at the Magellan 6.5m telescope with the MIRAC/BLINC camera. We detected emission from a…

We analyze the high-resolution XRISM/Resolve spectrum of the Fe K$\alpha$ emission line of the nearest active galactic nucleus, in Centaurus A. The line features two narrow and resolved peaks of Fe K$\alpha_1$, and Fe K$\alpha_2$ with a…

We use a combination of high spatial resolution optical and near-IR spectroscopic data to make a detailed study of the kinematics of the NLR gas in the near-nuclear regions of the powerful, FRII radio galaxy Cygnus A (z=0.0560), with the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 C. Tadhunter , A. Marconi , D. Axon , K. Wills , T. G. Robinson , N. Jackson

We report the discovery of faint very high energy (VHE, E > 100 GeV) gamma-ray emission from the radio galaxy Centaurus A in deep observations performed with the H.E.S.S. experiment. A signal with a statistical significance of 5.0 sigma is…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 M. Raue , J. -P. Lenain , F. A. Aharonian , Y. Becherini , C. Boisson , A. -C. Clapson , L. Costamante , L. Gerard , C. Medina , M. de Naurois , M. Punch , F. Rieger , H. Sol , L. Stawarz , A. Zech

At a distance of about 3.8 Mpc, the radio galaxy Centaurus A is the closest active galaxy. Therefore it is a key target for studying the innermost regions of active galactic nuclei (AGN). VLBI observations conducted within the framework of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-07-27 Cornelia Müller , M. Kadler , R. Ojha , M. Böck , C. M. Fromm , E. Ros , R. E. Rothschild , J. Wilms , TANAMI team

Centaurus A is the closest active galactic nucleus. High resolution imaging using Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) enables us to study the spectral and kinematic behavior of the radio jet-counterjet system on sub-parsec scales,…

Neumayer et al. established the existence of a blue-shifted cloud in the core of Centaurus A, within a few parsecs of the nucleus and close to the radio jet. We propose that the cloud has been impacted by the jet, and that it is in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-15 Geoffrey V. Bicknell , Ralph S. Sutherland , Nadine Neumayer