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NUGA: the IRAM survey of AGN spiral hosts
S. Garcia-Burillo, F. Combes, A. Eckart +8
The NUclei of GAlaxies (NUGA) project is a combined effort to carry out a high-resolution (<1'') interferometer CO survey of a sample of 12 nearby AGN spiral hosts, using the IRAM…
Molecular Gas in nearby Early-Type Powerful Classical Radio Galaxies
Stephane Leon, Jeremy Lim, Francoise Combes +1
We report a survey for molecular gas in nearby powerful radio galaxies. Eight of the eighteen radio galaxies observed were detected with molecular masses in the range 10^7--10^9 Ms…
Molecular Gas Reservoir in low-z Powerful Radio Galaxies
Jeremy Lim, Stephane Leon, Francoise Combes +1
We report a survey for molecular gas in 3C radio galaxies at redshifts z < 0.031. Four of the twenty-three galaxies observed were detected with molecular gas masses in the range 10…
Polar ring galaxies: formation and properties
Frederic Bournaud, Francoise Combes
Formation scenarios for polar ring galaxies are studied through N-body simulatio ns that are compared with existing observations. It is shown that polar rings ar e likely to be for…
Gravitational torques in spiral galaxies: gas accretion as a driving mechanism of galactic evolution
David L. Block, Frederic Bournaud, Francoise Combes +2
The distribution of gravitational torques and bar strengths in the local Universe is derived from a detailed study of 163 galaxies observed in the near-infrared. The results are co…
Molecular gas in the double-barred Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 5728
F. Combes, S. Leon
We present CO(1-0) and CO(2-1) maps of the Seyfert galaxy NGC 5728. Although a stellar nuclear bar structure is clearly identified in the near-infrared images in the central 10", i…
Molecular gas in the 3-ringed Seyfert/Liner galaxy NGC 7217
F. Combes, S. Garcia-Burillo, F. Boone +8
We present CO(1-0) and CO(2-1) maps of the Seyfert galaxy NGC 7217, obtained with the IRAM interferometer, at 3" and 1.5" resolution respectively. The nuclear ring (at r=12"=0.8kpc…
Formation and Evolution of Galactic Black Holes
F. Combes
The main requirements for fueling an active galactic nucleus and to form massive black holes are reviewed. Low-luminosity AGN can be fueled easily from the local star clusters, nea…