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The dusty torus in the Circinus galaxy: a dense disk and the torus funnel
K. R. W. Tristram, L. Burtscher, W. Jaffe +5
(Abridged) With infrared interferometry it is possible to resolve the nuclear dust distributions that are commonly associated with the dusty torus in active galactic nuclei (AGN).…
What obscures low X-ray-scattering active galactic nuclei?
S. F. Hoenig, P. Gandhi, D. Asmus +4
X-ray surveys have revealed a new class of active galactic nuclei (AGN) with a very low observed fraction of scattered soft X-rays, f_scat < 0.5%. Based on X-ray modeling these "X-…
Nuclear star formation activity and black hole accretion in nearby Seyfert galaxies
P. Esquej, A. Alonso-Herrero, O. González-Martín +10
Recent theoretical and observational works indicate the presence of a correlation between the star formation rate (SFR) and the active galactic nuclei (AGN) luminosity (and, theref…
The subarcsecond mid-infrared view of local active galactic nuclei: I. The N- and Q-band imaging atlas
D. Asmus, S. F. Hönig, P. Gandhi +2
We present the first subarcsecond-resolution mid-infrared (MIR) atlas of local active galactic nuclei (AGN). Our atlas contains 253 AGN with a median redshift of z=0.016, and inclu…
Evidence for a receding dust sublimation region around a supermassive black hole
Makoto Kishimoto, Sebastian F. Hoenig, Robert Antonucci +6
The near-IR emission in Type 1 AGNs is thought to be dominated by the thermal radiation from dust grains that are heated by the central engine in the UV/optical and are almost at t…
A diversity of dusty AGN tori: Data release for the VLTI/MIDI AGN Large Program and first results for 23 galaxies
Leonard Burtscher, Klaus Meisenheimer, Konrad R. W. Tristram +9
The AGN-heated dust distribution (the "torus") is increasingly recognized not only as the absorber required in unifying models, but as a tracer for the reservoir that feeds the nuc…