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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS
卷 705, 期 1, 页码 L53-L57出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/705/1/L53
关键词
galaxies: active; galaxies: Seyfert; techniques: high angular resolution
资金
- Netherlands Organisation of Scientific Research (NWO) [614.000.414]
We report mid-infrared interferometric measurements (based on observations collected at the European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere, Chile, programme number 081.B-0092(A)) with similar to 10 mas resolution, which resolve the warm (T = 285(-50)(+25) K) thermal emission at the center of NGC 4151. Using pairs of Very Large Telescope 8.2 m telescopes with the Mid-infrared interferometric instrument and by comparing the data to a Gaussian model, we determined the diameter of the dust emission region, albeit only along one position angle, to be (2.0 +/- 0.4) pc (FWHM). This is the first size and temperature estimate for the nuclear warm dust distribution in a Seyfert 1 galaxy. The parameters found are comparable to those in Seyfert 2 galaxies, thus providing direct support for the unified model. Using simple analytic temperature distributions, we find that the mid-infrared emission is probably not the smooth continuation of the hot nuclear source that is marginally resolved with K-band interferometry. We also detected weak excess emission around 10.5 mu m in our shorter baseline observation, possibly indicating that silicate emission is extended to the parsec scale.
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