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H I ABSORPTION TOWARD THE NUCLEUS OF THE POWERFUL RADIO GALAXY CYGNUS A: EVIDENCE FOR AN ATOMIC OBSCURING TORUS?

机译:我对强大的放射状银河蟹核的吸收:A是对原子性圆环的证据吗?

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We report the detection of broad (FWHM 270 km s~(-1)) H I · 21 cm absorption toward the compact (< 15 h~(-1) pc) radio nucleus of the nearby powerful radio galaxy Cygnus A. The absorption corresponds to a column density of hydrogen atoms of at least 2.54 ± 0.44 x 10~(19) T_(spin) cm~(-2). Observations of OH and H_2CO yielded upper limits. While other possibilities exist, we argue that the observed H I absorption plausibly occurs within a circumnuclear obscuring torus which is thought to block our direct view of a quasar nucleus in this object. We have attempted to constrain the properties of the obscuring gas by combining our H I result with upper limits on molecular absorption and estimates of the total obscuring column density from X-ray observations. One possibility is that the majority of the gas is in a hot (≈8000 K) mainly atomic phase; we derive limits on the size of such an atomic torus. Alternatively, the H I absorption might be caused by atomic gas within a warm (≈1000 K) mainly molecular torus. In this case, the nondetection of molecular absorption can possibly be explained by radiative excitation due to the central radio source. Follow-up VLBI observations are planned which will further constrain the properties of the absorbing gas and distinguish between the competing models.
机译:我们报告检测到附近强无线电星系天鹅座A的紧凑型(<15 h〜(-1)pc)放射性核的宽(FWHM 270 km s〜(-1))HI·21 cm吸收。吸收对应氢原子的柱密度至少为2.54±0.44 x 10〜(19)T_(spin)cm〜(-2)。 OH和H_2CO的观测值达到上限。尽管存在其他可能性,但我们认为观察到的H I吸收可能发生在环核遮盖环面内,这被认为阻止了我们对该物体类星体核的直接观察。我们已经尝试通过将H I结果与分子吸收上限以及X射线观测所估计的总模糊柱密度相结合来限制模糊气体的特性。一种可能性是,大多数气体处于高温(≈8000K)的主要原子相中。我们得出这样一个原子圆环的大小限制。另外,H I的吸收可能是由温暖的(约1000 K)主要是分子环中的原子气体引起的。在这种情况下,未检测到分子吸收可以通过中央无线电源引起的辐射激发来解释。已计划进行后续VLBI观测,这将进一步限制吸收气体的特性并区分竞争模型。

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