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Jet-cloud Interaction in the Nuclear Region of NGC 1068

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2013

J. f. Wang
J. f. Wang*
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA 02138USA email: juwang@cfa.harvard.edu
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Abstract

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We examine the innermost 100 parsec scale region of the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 1068 using a high spatial resolution X-ray image obtained with the Chandra X-ray Observatory, which allows comparison between X-ray emission clumps, optical narrow line ([OIII]) clouds and sub-arcsecond scale radio jet. Based on the combined X-ray, [OIII], and radio continuum morphology, we identify the locations of intense radio jet-cloud interaction. The [OIII] to soft X-ray ratios show that some of these clouds are strongly affected by shock heating. We estimate that the kinematic luminosity of the jet-driven shocks is 6 × 1038 erg s−1.

Keywords

Galaxies: activegalaxies: jetsX-rays: ISM
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 8 , Symposium S290: Feeding Compact Objects: Accretion on All Scales , August 2012 , pp. 329 - 330
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2013

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