Combes, F., Garcia-Burillo, S., Casasola, V., Hunt, L., Krips, M., Baker, A. J., Boone, F., Eckart, A., Marquez, I., Neri, R., Schinnerer, E. and Tacconi, L. J. (2013). ALMA observations of feeding and feedback in nearby Seyfert galaxies: an AGN-driven outflow in NGC 1433. Astron. Astrophys., 558. LES ULIS CEDEX A: EDP SCIENCES S A. ISSN 1432-0746

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Abstract

We report ALMA observations of CO(3-2) emission in the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 1433 at the unprecedented spatial resolution of 0 '' 5 = 24 pc. Our aim is to probe active galactic nucleus (AGN) feeding and feedback phenomena through the morphology and dynamics of the gas inside the central kpc. The galaxy NGC1433 is a strongly barred spiral with three resonant rings: one at the ultra-harmonic resonance near corotation, and the others at the outer and inner Lindblad resonances (OLR and ILR). A nuclear bar of 400 pc radius is embedded in the large-scale primary bar. The CO map, which covers the whole nuclear region (nuclear bar and ring), reveals a nuclear gaseous spiral structure, inside the nuclear ring encircling the nuclear stellar bar. This gaseous spiral is well correlated with the dusty spiral seen in Hubble Space Telescope (HST) images. The nuclear spiral winds up in a pseudo-ring at similar to 200 pc radius, which might correspond to the inner ILR. Continuum emission is detected at 0.87 mm only at the very centre, and its origin is more likely thermal dust emission than non-thermal emission from the AGN. It might correspond to the molecular torus expected to exist in this Seyfert 2 galaxy. The HCN(4-3) and HCO+(4-3) lines were observed simultaneously, but only upper limits are derived, with a ratio to the CO(3-2) line lower than 1/60 at 3 sigma, indicating a relatively low abundance of very dense gas. The kinematics of the gas over the nuclear disk reveal rather regular rotation only slightly perturbed by streaming motions due to the spiral; the primary and secondary bars are too closely aligned with the galaxy major or minor axis to leave a signature in the projected velocities. Near the nucleus, there is an intense high-velocity CO emission feature redshifted to 200 km s(-1) (if located in the plane), with a blue-shifted counterpart, at 2 '' (100 pc) from the centre. While the CO spectra are quite narrow in the centre, this wide component is interpreted as an outflow involving a molecular mass of 3.6 x 106 M-circle dot and a flow rate similar to 7 M-circle dot/yr. The flow could be in part driven by the central star formation, but is mainly boosted by the AGN through its radio jets.

Item Type: Journal Article
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Combes, F.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Garcia-Burillo, S.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Casasola, V.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Hunt, L.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Krips, M.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Baker, A. J.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Boone, F.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Eckart, A.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Marquez, I.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Neri, R.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Schinnerer, E.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Tacconi, L. J.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-474462
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201322288
Journal or Publication Title: Astron. Astrophys.
Volume: 558
Date: 2013
Publisher: EDP SCIENCES S A
Place of Publication: LES ULIS CEDEX A
ISSN: 1432-0746
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEUS; MOLECULAR GAS; BLACK-HOLES; SPIRAL GALAXIES; INTERSTELLAR-MEDIUM; SURFACE PHOTOMETRY; CENTRAL REGION; MASS INFLOW; SIMULATIONS; KINEMATICSMultiple languages
Astronomy & AstrophysicsMultiple languages
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/47446

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