Dust physics in the nucleus of NGC 4151

K Schnülle, JU Pott, HW Rix, R Decarli… - Astronomy & …, 2013 - aanda.org
The unified model of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) presumes the existence of a so-called
dusty torus around the outer edge of the broad-line region. Despite the solid observational …

AGILIS: Agile Guided Interferometer for Longbaseline Imaging Synthesis-Demonstration and concepts of reconfigurable optical imaging interferometers

J Woillez, O Lai, G Perrin, F Reynaud, M Baril… - Astronomy & …, 2017 - aanda.org
Context. In comparison to the radio and sub-millimetric domains, imaging with optical
interferometry is still in its infancy. Due to the limited number of telescopes in existing arrays …

Nuclear Infrared Spectral Energy Distribution of Type II Active Galactic Nuclei

L Videla, P Lira, H Andrews… - The Astrophysical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
We present near-and mid-IR observations of a sample of Seyfert II galaxies drawn from the
12 μm Galaxy sample. The sample was observed in the J, H, K, L, M and N bands. Galaxy …

DIRECT MICROLENSING–REVERBERATION OBSERVATIONS OF THE INTRINSIC MAGNETIC STRUCTURE OF ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI IN DIFFERENT …

RE Schild, DJ Leiter, SL Robertson - The Astronomical Journal, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
We show how direct microlensing–reverberation analysis performed on two well-known
quasars (Q2237, the Einstein Cross, and Q0957, the Twin) can be used to observe the inner …

Keck Interferometer status and plans

MM Colavita, PL Wizinowich… - New frontiers in stellar …, 2004 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Keck Interferometer is a NASA-funded project to combine the two 10 m Keck telescopes for
high sensitivity near-infrared fringe visibility measurements, nulling interferometry at 10 μm …

A study of the D content of jets at the CERN p collider

C Albajar, G Jorat, B Andrieu, D Smith, M Mohammadi… - Phys. Lett. B, 1990 - cds.cern.ch
We have measured the rate of D"'i meson production inside the jets produced in pp
collisions at\/s= 630 GeV. For jets in the transverse energy range 15 GeV< ET< 60 GeV we …

Mid-infrared microlensing of accretion disc and dusty torus in quasars: effects on flux ratio anomalies

D Sluse, M Kishimoto, T Anguita, O Wucknitz… - Astronomy & …, 2013 - aanda.org
Multiply-imaged quasars and active galactic nuclei (AGNs) observed in the mid-infrared
(MIR) range are commonly assumed to be unaffected by the microlensing produced by the …

The nature of obscuration in AGN–I. Insights from host galaxies

L Shao, G Kauffmann, C Li, J Wang… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
We analyse a sample of 30 000 nearby obscured active galactic nuclei (AGNs) with optical
spectra from Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and mid-IR photometry from Wide-field …

Hot graphite dust in the inner regime of NGC 4151

S Swain, P Shalima, KVP Latha… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We model the near-infrared (NIR) spectral energy distribution (SED) of NGC 4151 with a 3D
radiative transfer skirt code, using which torus only (TO) and ring and torus (RAT) scenarios …

The Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer: a fully optimized aperture synthesis array for imaging

MJ Creech-Eakman, DF Buscher… - New Frontiers in …, 2004 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer will be the first facility-class optical
interferometer optimized strictly for an imaging science mission. The array in its final form is …