Infrared SEDs of Seyfert Galaxies: Starbursts and the Nature of the Obscuring Medium

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Sep 2004

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Spitzer Proposal ID #3269

Computer Science

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The obscuring torus in Seyfert galaxies reprocesses the hard radiation from the active nucleus into the mid-infrared, and modeling the state and structure of the obscuring torus therefore depends on accurate measurements of the mid-infrared. Circumnuclear starbursts impact the evolution of both the host galaxy and the central engine and uniquely contributes to the far-infrared. Unfortunately, quality measurements of the nuclear mid-far infrared SED is available only for a handful of "famous" Seyferts, but most measurements are limited by poor spectral sampling (e.g., broadband photometry only) and large apertures (~ 100" ISO and IRAS beams). We propose IRAC, IRS spectral mapping, and MIPS SED measurements of a well-defined sample of Seyfert galaxies with the goal of providing a database suitable for detailed modeling and decomposition of the nuclear emission, including the torus and circumnuclear starburst contributions. The spectral database will allow a statistical study of the evolution of the starburst and active nucleus. Spectral mapping techniques will provide detailed SEDs over 3-99 m in a 20" aperture, which corresponds to the inner < 3 kpc for 75% of the sample.

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