The Sub-Pc Scale Accretion Disk of Ngc 4258
Abstract
Water megamasers have been found to trace parsec/sub-parsec, circumnuclear accretion disks in several AGN (e.g., Circinus, NGC 1068 & NGC 4258). High-spatial (0.5 mas) and velocity resolution (0.2 km s‑1) VLBA imaging of the disks reveals thin, warped 'pannekoeken (pancake)'-style structures as opposed to thick tori in the inner regions of the central engines (40 000 Rsch). In this contribution, I will describe some current investigations into the dynamical and physical attributes of the water maser disk in NGC 4258, as revealed by VLBA, VLA and Effelsberg monitoring over 8 years.
- Publication:
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Astrophysics and Space Science
- Pub Date:
- January 2005
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2005Ap&SS.295..285H
- Keywords:
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- NGC 4258;
- water masers;
- accretion disks;
- AGN