Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-05-16
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
6 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in A&A
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20010461
We consider the radiation-hydrodynamical formation of a dusty wall in the circumnuclear regions of the Circinus Seyfert 2 galaxy. We focus on the radiative flux force due to the circumnuclear starburst, the nuclear starburst and the active galactic nucleus (AGN), and analyze the equilibrium configuration and stability of the dusty gas in the circumnuclear regions. The mass distributions used to model the gravitational fields are determined by the observed rotation velocities of the stars and of the gas. Moreover, by using the simple stellar evolution in the circumnuclear starburst, the bolometric luminosity of the starburst is estimated as a function of time. As a result, it is shown that the radiation force by the circumnuclear starburst does play an important role to build up a radiatively-supported dusty wall of $\la$ 100 pc, which obscures the circumnuclear regions with $A_V$ of a few magnitudes. It is also found that the age of a circumnuclear starburst when the circumnuclear regions are enshrouded by the dusty wall is constrained to be $\la 10^8$ yr, which is consistent with the age observationally inferred for the starburst, $4 10^7$ yr $-1.5 10^8$ yr.
Ohsuga Ken
Umemura Masayuki
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