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ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
卷 450, 期 2, 页码 483-494出版社
EDP SCIENCES S A
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20053608
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galaxies : individual : NGC 1068; galaxies : Seyfert; galaxies : nuclei; radiative transfer; infrared : galaxies; techniques : interferometic
We present a new analysis of the first mid-infrared N-band long-baseline interferometric observations of an extragalactic source: the nucleus of the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 1068, obtained with MIDI (Mid-InfrareD Interferometer), the mid-infrared beamcombiner at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI). The resolution lambda / B similar to 10 mas allows us to study the compact central core of the galaxy between 8 and 13 mu m. Both visibility measurements and MIDI spectrum are well reproduced by a simple radiative transfer model with two concentric spherical components. The derived angular sizes and temperatures are similar to 35 and 83 mas, and similar to 361 K and 226 K for these two components respectively. Other evidence strongly supports such low temperatures. This modeling also provides the variation of optical depth as a function of wavelength for the extended component across the N-band suggesting the presence of amorphous silicate grains. This shows that MIDI has carried out the first direct observations of the distribution of dust around the central engine.
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