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29 March 2024
 
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Gas near active galactic nuclei: A search for the 4.7micron CO band
D. Lutz ; E. Sturm ; R. Genzel ; H.W.W. Spoon ; G.J. Stacey ;
Date 6 Sep 2004
Subject astro-ph
AbstractIn order to constrain the properties of dense and warm gas around active galactic nuclei, we have searched Infrared Space Observatory spectra of local active galactic nuclei for the signature of the 4.7micron fundamental ro-vibrational band of carbon monoxide. Low resolution spectra of 31 AGN put upper limits on the presence of wide absorption bands corresponding to absorption by large columns of warm and dense gas against the nuclear dust continuum. High resolution (R~2500) spectra of NGC 1068 detect no significant absorption or emission in individual lines, to a 3sigma limit of 7% of the continuum. The limits set on CO absorption in local AGN are much lower than the recent Spitzer Space Telescope detection of strong CO absorption by dense and warm gas in the obscured ultraluminous infrared galaxy IRAS F00183-7111, despite evidence for dense material on parsec scales near an AGN in both types of objects. This suggests that such deep absorptions are not intimately related to the obscuring `torus’ material invoked in local AGN, but rather are a signature of the peculiar conditions in the circumnuclear region of highly obscured infrared galaxies like IRAS F00183-7111. They may reflect fully covered rather than torus geometries.
Source arXiv, astro-ph/0409123
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