Water-vapor maser disk at the nucleus of the Seyfert 2 IC 2560

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics

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Galaxies:Active, Galaxies:Individual (Ic 2560), Galaxies:Nuclei, Galaxies: Seyfert

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We observed the H2O maser at the nucleus of the Seyfert 2, IC 2560, using the VLBA and the phased VLA. The systemic, red-shifted and blue-shifted maser features and a continuum component have been detected. We propose a maser disk in the nuclear region. The systemic and red-shifted features are emitted from a nearly edge-on disk with the position angle of PA = -47°. The thickness is 2H < 0.025 pc. The binding mass is 3.5 × 106 M. Assuming the Keplerian rotation, the radii at the disk are r = 0.087-0.335 pc and the rotation velocities are 213 418 km s-1. The mean density within the inner radius is 1.3 × 109M pc-3, suggesting a massive black hole at the center. A continuum component is considered as a jet ejected from the nucleus, with an angle of 70° from the disk. The blue-shifted maser feature is located on the continuum component, being interpreted to be a ‘jet maser’.

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