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5-12 pc resolution ALMA imaging of gas and dust in the obscured compact nucleus of IRAS 17578-0400
Chentao Yang, Susanne Aalto, Sabine König +7
We here present 0.02-0.04'' resolution ALMA observation of the compact obscured nucleus (CON) of IRAS17578-0400. A dusty torus within the nucleus, approximately 4 pc in radius, has…
Extreme nature of four blue-excess dust-obscured galaxies revealed by optical spectroscopy
Akatoki Noboriguchi, Tohru Nagao, Yoshiki Toba +13
We report optical spectroscopic observations of four blue-excess dust-obscured galaxies (BluDOGs) identified by Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam. BluDOGs are a sub-class of dust-obscured g…
The Opaque Heart of the Galaxy IC 860: Analogous Protostellar, Kinematics, Morphology, and Chemistry
M. D. Gorski, S. Aalto, S. König +7
Compact Obscured Nuclei (CONs) account for a significant fraction of the population of luminous and ultraluminous infrared galaxies (LIRGs and ULIRGs). These galaxy nuclei are comp…
Multi-line assessment of narrow-line regions in 3 radio galaxies
Koki Terao, Tohru Nagao, Kyoko Onishi +4
In this paper, we utilize high-quality rest-UV spectra of three radio galaxies at 3 observed with VLT/FORS2 to measure the flux of several emission lines including relativ…
Cross-checking SMBH mass estimates in NGC 6958 -- I: Stellar dynamics from adaptive optics-assisted MUSE observations
Sabine Thater, Davor Krajnović, Peter M. Weilbacher +9
Supermassive black hole masses (MBH) can dynamically be estimated with various methods and using different kinematic tracers. Different methods have only been cross-checked for a s…
Hard X-ray Irradiation Potentially Drives Negative AGN Feedback by Altering Molecular Gas Properties
Taiki Kawamuro, Claudio Ricci, Takuma Izumi +4
To investigate the role of active galactic nucleus (AGN) X-ray irradiation on the interstellar medium (ISM), we systematically analyzed Chandra and ALMA CO(=2-1) data for 26 ult…
Discovery of Methanimine Megamasers Toward Compact Obscured Galaxy Nuclei
Mark Gorski, Susanne Aalto, Jeffrey Mangum +8
We present the first search for the 5.29 GHz methanimine() transition toward a sample of galaxy nuclei. We target seven galaxies that host Compact…
WISDOM Project -- IX Giant Molecular Clouds in the Lenticular Galaxy NGC4429: Effects of Shear and Tidal Forces on Clouds
Lijie Liu, Martin Bureau, Leo Blitz +5
We present high spatial resolution (12pc) Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array CO(J=3-2) observations of the nearby lenticular galaxy NGC4429. We identify 217 giant molecu…
WISDOM project -- VIII. Multi-scale feedback cycles in the brightest cluster galaxy NGC 0708
Eve V. North, Timothy A. Davis, Martin Bureau +8
We present high-resolution (synthesised beam size 0."088x0."083 or 25x23 pc) Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array (ALMA) CO(2-1) line and 236 GHz continuum obser…
WISDOM Project -- VII. Molecular gas measurement of the supermassive black hole mass in NGC 7052
Mark D. Smith, Martin Bureau, Timothy A. Davis +7
Supermassive black hole (SMBH) masses can be measured by resolving the dynamical influences of the SMBHs on spatially-resolved tracers of the central potentials. Modern long-baseli…
CON-quest: Searching for the most obscured galaxy nuclei
N. Falstad, S. Aalto, S. König +28
Some luminous and ultraluminous infrared galaxies (LIRGs and ULIRGs) host extremely compact and dusty nuclei. The intense infrared radiation arising from warm dust in these sources…
WISDOM project -- VI. Exploring the relation between supermassive black hole mass and galaxy rotation with molecular gas
Mark D. Smith, Martin Bureau, Timothy A. Davis +6
Empirical correlations between the masses of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) and properties of their host galaxies are well-established. Among these is the correlation with the fl…
ALMA 0.02"-resolution observations reveal HCN-abundance-enhanced counter-rotating and outflowing dense molecular gas at the NGC 1068 nucleus
Masatoshi Imanishi, Dieu D. Nguyen, Keiichi Wada +6
We present ALMA ~0.02"-resolution observations of the nucleus of the nearby (~14 Mpc) type-2 AGN NGC 1068 at HCN/HCO+/HNC J=3-2 lines, as well as at their 13C isotopologue and vibr…
Revealing the intermediate-mass black hole at the heart of the dwarf galaxy NGC 404 with sub-parsec resolution ALMA observations
Timothy A. Davis, Dieu D. Nguyen, Anil C. Seth +15
We estimate the mass of the intermediate-mass black hole at the heart of the dwarf elliptical galaxy NGC 404 using Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observations…
AGN X-ray irradiation of CO gas in NGC 2110 revealed by and ALMA
Taiki Kawamuro, Takuma Izumi, Kyoko Onishi +3
We report spatial distributions of the Fe-K line at 6.4 keV and the CO( = 2--1) line at 230.538 GHz in NGC 2110, which are respectively revealed by and ALMA at $\ap…
WISDOM project -- V. Resolving molecular gas in Keplerian rotation around the supermassive black hole in NGC 0383
Eve V. North, Timothy A. Davis, Martin Bureau +7
As part of the mm-Wave Interferometric Survey of Dark Object Masses (WISDOM), we present a measurement of the mass of the supermassive black hole (SMBH) in the nearby early-type ga…
The ALMA Discovery of the Rotating Disk and Fast Outflow of Cold Molecular Gas in NGC 1275
H. Nagai, K. Onishi, N. Kawakatu +12
We present ALMA Band 6 observations of the CO(2-1), HCN(3-2), and HCO(3-2) lines in the nearby radio galaxy / brightest cluster galaxy (BCG) of NGC 1275 with the spatial reso…
WISDOM project - IV. A molecular gas dynamical measurement of the supermassive black hole mass in NGC 524
Mark D. Smith, Martin Bureau, Timothy A. Davis +6
We present high angular resolution (0.3" or 37 pc) Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array (ALMA) observations of the CO(2-1) line emission from a central disc in the early-t…
The MBHBM* Project -- I: Measurement of the Central Black Hole Mass in Dwarf Galaxy NGC 3504 Using Molecular Gas Kinematics
Dieu D. Nguyen, Mark den Brok, Anil C. Seth +19
We present the first measurement of the mass of a supermassive black hole (SMBH) in the nearby double-barred spiral galaxy NGC 3504 as part of the Measuring Black Holes Below the M…
WISDOM Project - III: Molecular gas measurement of the supermassive black hole mass in the barred lenticular galaxy NGC4429
Timothy A. Davis, Martin Bureau, Kyoko Onishi +7
As part of the mm-Wave Interferometric Survey of Dark Object Masses (WISDOM) project we present an estimate of the mass of the supermassive black hole (SMBH) in the nearby fast-rot…
On the disappearance of a cold molecular torus around the low-luminosity active galactic nucleus of NGC 1097
T. Izumi, K. Kohno, K. Fathi +15
We used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to map the CO(3-2) and the underlying continuum emissions around the type 1 low-luminosity active galactic nucleus (…
WISDOM Project - I: Black Hole Mass Measurement Using Molecular Gas Kinematics in NGC 3665
K. Onishi, S. Iguchi, T. A. Davis +4
As a part of the mm-Wave Interferometric Survey of Dark Object Masses (WISDOM) project, we present an estimate of the mass of the supermassive black hole (SMBH) in the nearby fast-…
WISDOM Project - II: Molecular gas measurement of the supermassive black hole mass in NGC4697
Timothy A. Davis, Martin Bureau, Kyoko Onishi +3
As part of the mm-Wave Interferometric Survey of Dark Object Masses (WISDOM) project, we present an estimate of the mass of the supermassive black hole (SMBH) in the nearby fast-ro…
The Exoplanet Mass-Ratio Function from the MOA-II Survey: Discovery of a Break and Likely Peak at a Neptune Mass
D. Suzuki, D. P. Bennett, T. Sumi +26
We report the results of the statistical analysis of planetary signals discovered in MOA-II microlensing survey alert system events from 2007 to 2012. We determine the survey sensi…