Disk-outflow Connection and the Molecular Dusty Torus
Astrophysics
2008-07-30 v1
Abstract
Toroidal obscuration is a keystone of AGN unification. There is now direct evidence for the torus emission in infrared, and possibly water masers. Here I summarize the torus properties, its possible relation to the immediate molecular environment of the AGN and present some speculations on how it might evolve with the AGN luminosity.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0807.4710,
title = {Disk-outflow Connection and the Molecular Dusty Torus},
author = {Moshe Elitzur},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0807.4710},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
To appear in proceedings of "The central Kiloparsec: Active Galactic Nuclei and their Hosts", Ierapetra, Crete, 4-6 June 2008