dc.contributor.author | Young, S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Packham, C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Hough, J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Efstathiou, A. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-04-21T12:06:17Z | |
dc.date.available | 2009-04-21T12:06:17Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1996 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Young , S , Packham , C , Hough , J & Efstathiou , A 1996 , ' The nuclear torus in the active galaxy NGC 1068 ' , Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , vol. 283 , no. 1 , pp. L1-L5 . | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0035-8711 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE: 170701 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: 35d95ea0-41ce-4d7c-83a5-5ebb97cc8294 | |
dc.identifier.other | dspace: 2299/3247 | |
dc.identifier.other | Scopus: 0002662350 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2299/3247 | |
dc.description | Original article can be found via: http://cdsads.u-strasbg.fr/ Copyright Royal Astronomical Society [Full text of this article is not available in the UHRA] | |
dc.description.abstract | We present near-infrared polarized images of the active galaxy NGC 1068. At these wavelengths, the counter-cone is observed in scattered light. At H (1.64 μm) we detect an absorption band across the counter-cone, which we interpret as absorption owing to the postulated torus. From a geometrical analysis we calculate that the torus is at a position angle of 32°±3° on the plane of the sky, at an inclination to the line of sight (defined with respect to the polar axis) of 42°±4°, with a physical diameter greater than 200 pc. These figures are consistent with those derived from our models for the scattering of nuclear radiation and for the far-infrared emission from the torus. | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | |
dc.title | The nuclear torus in the active galaxy NGC 1068 | en |
dc.contributor.institution | School of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics | |
dc.contributor.institution | Centre for Astrophysics Research | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | |
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