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May 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009aas...21441705k&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #214, #417.05; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.685
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NGC1068 is commonly cited as the prototypical Seyfert 2 galaxy. Both the central and extended regions have been studied extensively across the electromagnetic spectrum, revealing many different astrophysical phenomena, such as a bright central region, radio jet knots, and a conical narrow-line region. Significantly, evidence has been found that the active galactic nucleus is shrouded by a dusty molecular disk, which could support the theory that viewing angle will unify Seyfert 1 and 2 galaxies.
We observed NGC1068 with Z-Spec, a broadband (185-305 GHz) millimeter-wave grating spectrometer, at the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory. Its large bandwidth allows us to simultaneously observe multiple molecular rotational transitions along with the underlying continuum. The detector array is composed of 160 silicon-nitride micromesh bolometers cooled to 60 mK by an adiabatic demagnetization refrigerator (ADR) and a closed-cycle 3He refrigerator. Z-Spec's compact design is achieved via a WaFIRS (Waveguide Far IR Spectrometer) design utilizing a parallel-plate waveguide and curved diffraction grating. Z-Spec's spectral resolution is approximately 900 MHz at the band center.
We obtained a high signal-to-noise ratio spectrum of NGC1068 in late January 2007. Key observable transitions in Z-Spec's bandpass include CO , 13CO, and C18O (J = 2 - 1), HCN, HNC, and HCO+ (J = 3 - 2), and multiple CS transitions. We are modeling the NGC1068 spectrum using these data and other transitions of these molecules from the literature to probe the physical characteristics of its interstellar medium, such as temperature, density, dense gas fraction, and the extent of the AGN's contribution to the molecular gas excitation. We will present preliminary results of the analysis.
Aguirre James E.
Bock James Joseph
Bradford Mark
Earle Lieko
Glenn Jason
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