Systematic Study of the Inner Structure of Molecular Tori in Nearby U/LIRGs using Velocity Decomposition of CO Rovibrational Absorption Lines

Abstract

Determining the inner structure of the molecular torus around an active galactic nucleus is essential for understanding its formation mechanism. However, spatially resolving the torus is difficult because of its small size. To probe the clump conditions in the torus, we therefore perform the systematic velocity-decomposition analyses of the gaseous CO rovibrational absorption lines ($v=0\to 1,\Delta J=\pm 1$) at $\lambda \sim 4.67\mu \mathrm{m}$ observed toward four (ultra)luminous infrared galaxies using the high-resolution ($R\sim 5000\text{–}10000$) spectroscopy from the Subaru Telescope. We find that each transition has two to five distinct velocity components with different line-of-sight (LOS) velocities ($V_{\mathrm{LOS}}\sim -240\text{–}+100\mathrm{km}{\mathrm{s}}^{-1}$) and dispersions (${\sigma }_V\sim 15\text{–}190\mathrm{km}{\mathrm{s}}^{-1}$); i.e., the components (a), (b), ..., beginning with the broadest one in each target, indicating that the tori have clumpy structures. By assuming a hydrostatic disk (${\sigma }_V\propto R_{\mathrm{rot}}^{-0.5}$), we find that the tori have dynamic inner structures, with the innermost component (a) outflowing with velocity $|V_{\mathrm{LOS}}|\sim 160\text{–}240\mathrm{km}{\mathrm{s}}^{-1}$, and the outer components (b) and (c) outflowing more slowly or infalling with $|V_{\mathrm{LOS}}|\lesssim 100\mathrm{km}{\mathrm{s}}^{-1}$. In addition, we find that the innermost component (a) can be attributed to collisionally excited hot ($\gtrsim 530$K) and dense ($n_{{\mathrm{H}}_2}\gtrsim 10^6\mathrm{c}{\mathrm{m}}^{-3}$) clumps, based on the level populations. Conversely, the outer component (b) can be attributed to cold ($\sim 30\text{–}140$K) clumps radiatively excited by a far-infrared-to-submillimeter background with a brightness temperature higher than $\sim 20\text{–}400$K. These observational results demonstrate the clumpy and dynamic structure of tori in the presence of background radiation.

arXiv comment43 pages, 15 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ

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