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We use optical spectra from the inner 1.8 $\times$ 2.5kpc$^2$ of the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC1358, obtained with the GMOS integral field spectrograph on the Gemini South telescope at a spatial resolution of $\approx$ 165pc, to assess the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-08-30 Allan Schnorr-Müller , Thaisa Storchi-Bergmann , Neil M. Nagar , Andrew Robinson , Davide Lena

The inner 300-500 pc of the Milky Way has some of the most extreme gas conditions in our Galaxy. Physical properties of the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ), including temperature, density, thermal pressure, and turbulent pressure, are key…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-03-21 Tierra M. Candelaria , E. A. C Mills , David S. Meier , Juergen Ott , Natalie Butterfield

ALMA observations of the Galactic center with spatial resolution $2.61"\times0.97"$ resulted in the detection of 11 SiO (5-4) clumps of molecular gas within 0.6pc (15$"$) of Sgr A*, interior to the 2-pc circumnuclear molecular ring. The…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-15 F. Yusef-Zadeh , M. Royster , M. Wardle , R. Arendt , H. Bushouse , D. C. Lis , M. W. Pound , D. A. Roberts , B. Whitney , A. Wootten

We present results from Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observations of CS from the nearby galaxy NGC 1068 ($\sim14$ Mpc). This Seyfert 2 barred galaxy possesses a circumnuclear disc (CND, $r\sim200$ pc) and a starburst…

We present new Atacama Large (sub)Millimeter Array 0.98 mm observations of the continuum emission and several molecular lines toward the high-mass protostellar system GGD27-MM1, driving the HH 80-81 radio-jet. The detailed analysis of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-07-13 M. Fernández-López , J. M. Girart , J. A. López-Vázquez , R. Estalella , G. Busquet , S. Curiel , N. Añez-López

Gas clouds are present in the Galactic centre, where they orbit around the supermassive black hole. Collisions between these clumps reduce their angular momentum, and as a result some of the clumps are set on a plunging trajectory.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-07-09 Bozena Czerny , Devaky Kunneriath , Vladimir Karas , Tapas K. Das

Most massive galaxies show emission lines that can be characterized as LINERs. To what extent this emission is related to AGNs or to stellar processes is still an open question. In this paper, we analysed a sample of such galaxies to study…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 T. V. Ricci , J. E. Steiner , R. B. Menezes

Aims: We study the spatial distribution and kinematics of water emission in a ~64 pc$^2$ region of the Galactic Center (GC) around Sgr A*. We also analyze the water excitation to derive the physical conditions and water abundances in the…

Infrared absorption lines of H3+, including the metastable R(3,3)l line, have been observed toward eight bright infrared sources associated with hot and massive stars located in and between the Galactic Center Cluster and the Quintuplet…

Context: The bulk of the Molecular gas in the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) of the Galactic center region shows warm kinetic temperatures, ranging from $>20$ K in the coldest and densest regions (n$\sim 10^{4-5}$ cm$^{-3}$) up to more than…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-02-28 D. Riquelme , L. Bronfman , R. Mauersberger , R. Finger , C. Henkel , T. L. Wilson , P. Cortes-Zuleta

Aims. We present high sensitivity and high-spectral resolution NOEMA observations of the Class 0/I binary system SVS13A, composed of the low-mass protostars VLA4A and VLA4B with a separation of ~90 au. VLA4A is undergoing an accretion burst…

We present a study of the multiphase gas structure and kinematics of the circumnuclear disk (CND) of NGC 5506, a nearby edge-on Seyfert galaxy, at a spatial resolution of $\sim20$ pc. Observations of [C I](1-0), CO(3-2), and HCO$^{+}$(4-3)…

We present models the gas physics and dynamics of the inner 50 pc of the Galaxy. In a first step the gas properties of an isolated clumpy circumnuclear disk were analytically investigated. We took the external UV radiation field, the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 B. Vollmer , W. J. Duschl , R. Zylka

We present a study of diffuse extended ionised gas toward three clouds located in the Galactic Centre (GC). One line of sight (LOS) is toward the 20 km s$^{-1}$ cloud (LOS$-$0.11) in the Sgr A region, another LOS is toward the 50 km…

High-energy (HE) and very high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray observations from the Galactic center (GC) detected extended emission correlated with the morphology of the central molecular zone (CMZ). Emission in both bands is expected to be…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-01 Andrés Scherer , Jorge Cuadra

We present new HST ACS medium- and narrow-band images and long-slit, optical (4000 - 7200A) spectra obtained using the Isaac Newton Telescope (INT) on La Palma, of the merging system Mrk273. The HST observations sample the [OIII]4959,5007…

Outflows and feedback are key ingredients of galaxy evolution. Evidence for an outflow arising from the Galactic center (GC) has recently been discovered at different wavelength. We show that the X-ray, radio, and infrared emissions are…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-02-10 G. Ponti , M. R. Morris , E. Churazov , I. Heywood , R. P. Fender

In accretion-based models for Sgr A* the X-ray, infrared, and millimeter emission arise in a hot, geometrically thick accretion flow close to the black hole. The spectrum and size of the source depend on the black hole mass accretion rate…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-04 Monika Moscibrodzka , Hotaka Shiokawa , Charles F. Gammie , Joshua C. Dolence

NGC 1808 is a nearby barred starburst galaxy with an outflow from the nuclear region. To study the inflow and outflow processes related to star formation and dynamical evolution of the galaxy, we have carried out \(^{12}\)CO (\(J=1-0\))…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-06-01 Dragan Salak , Naomasa Nakai , Takuya Hatakeyama , Yusuke Miyamoto

We present a high resolution simulation of an idealized model to explain the origin of the two young, counter-rotating, sub-parsec scale stellar disks around the supermassive black hole SgrA* at the Center of the Milky Way. In our model,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-15 C. Alig , M. Schartmann , A. Burkert , K. Dolag