Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Jan 1996
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996a%26a...305..776d&link_type=abstract
Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.305, p.776
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Galaxies: Active, Galaxies: Nuclei, Galaxies: Jets, Galaxies: Individual: Ngc 7052 (B2 2116+26), 3C 402N, Galaxies: Ism
Scientific paper
A nuclear disk of gas and dust is detected in the host galaxy of the Fanaroff-Riley type I (FR-I) radio source 3C 402N, using pre-COSTAR HST/FOC images, and high spatial resolution ground-based broad-band and Hα+[NII] narrow-band images. The physical properties of the nuclear disk in the B2 2116+26 host galaxy (NGC 7052) are also presented. On average, the gas/dust disks in NGC 7052 and 3C 402N have a thickness of ~176pc, and an elliptical shape with semimajor and semiminor axes ~555pc and ~226pc in size, respectively. The plane of the disks have an inclination of 68deg with respect to the plane of the sky, and their minor axes have an angular separation of ~38deg relative to the projected radio jet orientation. The amount of dust and ionized gas in the disks is M_dust_~2.5x10^4^Msun_ and M_gas_~4x10^4^Msun_, respectively. The inferred total mass of the disks is M_disk_~2.5x10^6^Msun_, if a gas-to-dust ratio of 100 is considered. The physical properties of the nuclear gas/dust disks in NGC 7052 and 3C 402N are similar to that of other nuclear disks in FR-I host galaxies like 3C 449. However, the size and mass of the NGC 7052 and 3C 402N disks is a factor 10 larger than that of the small nuclear disks recently discovered in M 87 (3C 274) and NGC 4261 (3C 270) with the HST. Nuclear disks of gas and dust are believed to play a central role in the feeding of a central massive black-hole. Detection and characterization of such disks is the first step towards a more deeply understanding of the interconnections between massive central black holes and their surrounding nuclear disks.
Colina Luis
de Juan Lourdes
Golombek Daniel
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