Radio emission in eight LLAGN: Indications for a turnover in two core spectra

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy

Scientific paper

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

Scientific paper

We present high angular resolution radio observations of seven nearby low luminosity active galaxies from the NUGA survey carried out with MERLIN and VLBI at 18cm and 6cm and the IRAM PdBI at 3mm and 1mm. Additionally, we discuss the case of NGC1068 based on mm data recently obtained by us with the IRAM PdBI and cm data from the literature. We find extended emission in form of jets or diffuse components in about 40-50 One source, NGC1068, shows a jet and a counter-jet even at mm-wavelengths. The fluxes appear to decrease with increasing angular resolution at cm wavelengths for these sources further supporting extended emission. All sources show flat to inverted core spectra over the observed wavelength range except in the case of two galaxies, NGC3147 and NGC1068, which reveal a turnover at mm wavelengths. The turnover in NGC3147 can be explained with synchrotron self absorption while the one in NGC1068 is most likely caused by electron scattered synchrotron emission though thermal free-free emission cannot be totally excluded. The VLBI radio luminosities at 6cm correlate with the X-ray luminosities as well as the black hole masses. Such a tight correlation is predicted by the ADAF theory, which also reproduces the overall SED of the observed galaxies.

No associations

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for scientists and scientific papers. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Radio emission in eight LLAGN: Indications for a turnover in two core spectra does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Radio emission in eight LLAGN: Indications for a turnover in two core spectra, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Radio emission in eight LLAGN: Indications for a turnover in two core spectra will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1279401

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.