NGC1266: Compton-thick AGN or Ultra-compact Starburst?
Abstract
NGC1266 is a nearby lenticular galaxy hosting a massive molecular outflow driven by its active galactic nucleus (AGN). The turbulence injected into its ISM by the outflow may account for the suppression of its star formation by a factor of 50-150. ALMA and CARMA measurements of dense gas tracers had shown that its nuclear region lies behind a column of N(H2) = 3 x 10^24 cm^-2, and ALMA barely resolved a region of continuum FIR emission contained within 30pc of the nucleus emitting L(IR)>10^10 solar luminosities. With out recent NuSTAR observation of this galaxies, we determine whether the dust is heated by a Compton-thick AGN or an ultra-compact central starburst.
- Publication:
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American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #227
- Pub Date:
- January 2016
- Bibcode:
- 2016AAS...22724356L