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Positional coincidence between an H2O maser and a plasma torus in NGC 1052
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 March 2007
Abstract
We present VLBA observation towards the nucleus of a nearby radio galaxy NGC 1052. In NGC 1052, two-sided jet structure and a dense plasma circumnuclear torus with a radius of 0.7 pc have been found around the central mass. It emits a H2O megamaser, which is redshifted with respect to the systemic velocity of the galaxy (1491 kms−1) with a large velocity width of 100 kms−1 (FWHM). The maser gas is found at the inner jet components of both the approaching and receding jets. The maser gas is positionally coincident with a plasma torus. The maser gas in NGC 1052 could be explained as a circumnuclear torus or disk, as found for the nucleus of NGC 4258.
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- Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 3 , Symposium S242: Astrophysical Masers and their Environments , March 2007 , pp. 406 - 407
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- Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2008