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Elusive Accretion Discs in Low Luminosity AGN

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2017

J.A. Fernández-Ontiveros
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), E–38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain Universidad de La Laguna, Dept. Astrofísica, E–38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
M.A. Prieto Escudero
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), E–38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain Universidad de La Laguna, Dept. Astrofísica, E–38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
S. Markoff
Affiliation:
Anton Pannekoek Institute of Astronomy, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
L. Reb
Affiliation:
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539 Munich, Germany
D. Espada
Affiliation:
Joint ALMA Observatory, Alonso de Cordova 3107, Vitacura, Santiago 763-0355, Chile Instituto de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica (UNAM), 3–72 (Xangari), 8701, Morelia, México
O. González-Martín
Affiliation:
Instituto de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica (UNAM), 3–72 (Xangari), 8701, Morelia, México
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Abstract

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Low luminosity AGN (LLAGN) represent the vast majority of the AGN population in the near universe. However, they show intrinsic differences when compared to the Unified Model scenario, i.e. a lack of both the big blue bump and the IR bump in their spectral energy distribution (SED), which are the signatures of an accretion disk and a torus, respectively. In this work we present SED for a sample of six LLAGN in the nearby Universe obtained from subarcsec resolution observations. The nature of the IR continuum emission is discussed in the context of non-thermal radiation powered by compact jets.

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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2017 

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