Dense Plasma Torus in the GPS Galaxy NGC 1052

Details Dense Plasma Torus in the GPS Galaxy NGC 1052 Dense Plasma Torus in the GPS Galaxy NGC 1052

2002-10-21

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0210467v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

9 pages, 4 figures, other comments

Scientific paper

10.1071/AS03003

We report results from nearly simultaneous pentachromatic VLBI observations towa rds a nearby GPS galaxy NGC 1052. The observations at 1.6 and 4.8 GHz with VSOP, and at 2.3, 8.4, and 15.4 GHz wit h VLBA, provide linear resolutions of $\sim 0.1$ pc. Convex spectra of a double-sided jet imply that synchrotron emission is obscured through foreground cold dense plasma, in terms of free--free absorption (FFA). We found a central condensation of the plasma which covers about 0.1 pc and 1 pc of the approaching and receding jets, respectively. A simple model with a geometrically thick plasma torus perpendicular to the jets is established to explain the asymmetric distribution of FFA opacities.

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