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The goal of the present study is to establish the physical origin of dust heating and emission based on radiation transfer models, which self-consistently connect the emission components from diffuse dust and the dust in massive star…

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We have revisited the search for carbon monoxide absorption features in transmission during the transit of the extrasolar planet HD 209458b. We acquired 1077 high resolution spectra at 2 microns using NIRSPEC on Keck II during three…

We present the first results from an XMM-Newton observation of the FRI galaxy NGC 4261, which harbors a supermassive black hole and a low-ionization nuclear emission-line region (LINER). Here we focus on the X-ray properties of the nucleus,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 R. M. Sambruna , M. Gliozzi , M. Eracleous , W. N. Brandt , R. Mushotzky

We present detailed modeling of the spectral energy distribution (SED) of the spiral galaxies NGC 891, NGC 4013, and NGC 5907 in the far-infrared and submm wavelengths. The model takes into account the emission produced by the diffuse dust…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 K. M. Dasyra , E. M. Xilouris , A. Misiriotis , N. D. Kylafis

The ISO-SWS 2.5-45 um infrared spectroscopic observations of the nucleus of the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 1068 (see companion paper) are combined with a compilation of UV to IR narrow emission line data to determine the spectral energy…

We model the observed X-ray spectral continuum shape, ionic column densities, and absorption measure distribution (AMD) of the warm absorber in the Seyfert galaxy NGC 3783. We assume a photo-ionized medium with a uniform total…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-03-07 R. W. Goosmann , T. Holczer , M. Mouchet , A. -M. Dumont , E. Behar , O. Godet , A. C. Goncalves , S. Kaspi

We discuss the origin of the optical variations in the Narrow line Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 4051 and present the results of a cross-correlation study using X-ray and optical light curves spanning more than 12 years. The emission is highly…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-14 E. Breedt , I. M. McHardy , P. Arevalo , P. Uttley , S. G. Sergeev , T. Minezaki , Y. Yoshii , Y. Sakata , P. Lira , N. G. Chesnok

NGC 2024, a sites of massive star formation, have complex internal structures caused by cal heating by young stars, outflows, and stellar winds. These complex cloud structures lead to intricate emission line shapes. The goal of this paper…

We present a reanalysis of XMM-Newton Reflection Grating Spectrometer data of the classical nova V2491 Cyg obtained from two different pointings, 40 d and 50 d after outburst utilizing the SRON software SPEX version 2.05.04. We aim to model…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-02-15 Solen Balman , Cigdem Gamsizkan

We report high resolution imaging of the nucleus of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 4151 obtained with a 50 ks Chandra HRC observation. The HRC image resolves the emission on spatial scales of 0.5", ~30 pc, showing an extended X-ray morphology…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-11-20 Junfeng Wang , G. Fabbiano , M. Karovska , M. Elvis , G. Risaliti , A. Zezas , C. G. Mundell

We present centimeter and millimeter observations of the NGC 2071 star-forming region performed with the VLA and CARMA. We detected counterparts at 3.6 cm and 3 mm for the previously known sources IRS 1, IRS 2, IRS 3, and VLA 1. All these…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-03 C. Carrasco-Gonzalez , M. Osorio , G. Anglada , P. D'Alessio , L. F. Rodriguez , J. F. Gomez , J. M. Torrelles

Five archived X-ray observations of NGC 4051, taken using the NuSTAR observatory, have been analysed, revealing lags between flux variations in bands covering a wide range of X-ray photon energy. In all pairs of bands compared, the harder…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-03-22 Tracey Jane Turner , Lance Miller , James N. Reeves , Valentina Braito

We have analyzed the total and nuclear SED for NGC 4261 and find that the dominant process for the mid- and far-infrared emission in this object is non-thermal emission from the active nucleus. Modeling the emission from the optically…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 I. M. van Bemmel , C. P. Dullemond , M. Chiaberge , F. D. Macchetto

We have analyzed two long BeppoSAX observations of the bright Seyfert galaxy NGC 4151, searching for short timescale (10-200 ksec) X-ray spectral variability. The light curve of a softness ratio, chosen as most sensitive to pinpoint changes…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 S. Puccetti , G. Risaliti , F. Fiore , M. Elvis , F. Nicastro , G. C. Perola , M. Capalbi

To investigate the origins of the warm absorbers in active galactic nuclei (AGNs), we study the ionization-state structure of the radiation-driven fountain model in a low-mass AGN (Wada et al. 2016) and calculate the predicted X-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-02 Shoji Ogawa , Yoshihiro Ueda , Keiichi Wada , Misaki Mizumoto

Infrared carbon stars without visible counterparts are generally known as extreme carbon stars. We have selected a subset of these stars with absorption features in the 10-13 $\mu$m range, which has been tentatively attributed to silicon…

An extended component of X-ray emission has been detected in Seyfert galaxies - NGC 1365 and NGC 4051, using the ROSAT HRI. Its size is about 2 kpc and it contains 56% +- 8% of the total observed flux in NGC 1365, and 21% +- 6% in NGC 4051.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-25 Kulinder Pal Singh

Context. Our consortium performed an extensive multi-wavelength campaign of the nearby Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 5548 in 2013-14. The source appeared unusually heavily absorbed in the soft X-rays, and signatures of outflowing absorption were…

We present an XMM observation of the radio jet and diffuse halo of the nearby radio galaxy NGC6251. The EPIC spectrum of the galaxy's halo is best-fitted by a thermal model with temperature kT~1.6 keV and subsolar abundances. Interestingly,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 R. M. Sambruna , M. Gliozzi , D. Donato , F. Tavecchio , C. C. Cheung , R. Mushotzky

We discuss the X-ray properties of the cooling flows in a sample of thirty highly X-ray luminous clusters of galaxies observed with the ASCA and ROSAT satellites. We demonstrate the need for multiphase models to consistently explain the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 S. W. Allen