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An image of the dust sublimation region in the nucleus of NGC 1068
GRAVITY Collaboration, O. Pfuhl, R. Davies +40
We present near-infrared interferometric data on the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 1068, obtained with the GRAVITY instrument on the European Southern Observatory Very Large Telescope Inter…
Parsec-scale Dusty Winds in Active Galactic Nuclei: Evidence for Radiation Pressure Driving
James H. Leftley, Sebastian F. Hönig, Daniel Asmus +5
Infrared interferometry of local AGN has revealed a warm (~300K-400K) polar dust structure that cannot be trivially explained by the putative dust torus of the unified model. This…
The resolved size and structure of hot dust in the immediate vicinity of AGN
GRAVITY Collaboration, J. Dexter, J. Shangguan +42
We use VLTI/GRAVITY near-infrared interferometry measurements of 8 bright, Type 1 AGN to study the size and structure of hot dust heated by the central engine. We partially resolve…
New active galactic nuclei science cases with interferometry: An incomplete preview
Sebastian F. Hönig, Almudena Alonso Herrero, Poshak Gandhi +4
Infrared (IR) interferometry has made widely recognised contributions to the way we look at the dusty environment of supermassive black holes on parsec scales. It finally provided…
The polarized signal from broad emmission lines in AGN
P. Lira, R. W. Goosmann, M. Kishimoto +1
Using the STOKES Monte Carlo radiative transfer code we revisit the predictions of the spectropolarimetric signal from a disc-like Broad Emission Line Region (BLR) in Type I AGN du…
Exploring Active Supermassive Black Holes at 100 Micro-arcsecond Resolution
Makoto Kishimoto, Theo ten Brummelaar, Douglas Gies +6
Super-high spatial resolution observations in the infrared are now enabling major advances in our understanding of supermassive black hole systems at the centers of galaxies. Infra…