VLTI/VINCI observations of the nucleus of NGC 1068 using the adaptive optics system MACAO

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dc.creatorWittkowski, M.
dc.creatorKervella, P.
dc.creatorArsenault, R.
dc.creatorParesce, F.
dc.creatorBeckert, T.
dc.creatorWeigelt, G.
dc.date2004-03-20
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:12:41Z
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dc.descriptionWe present the first near-infrared K-band long-baseline interferometric measurement of the prototype Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 1068 with resolution lambda/B \~ 10 mas obtained with the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) and the two 8.2m Unit Telescopes UT2 and UT3. The adaptive optics system MACAO was employed to deliver wavefront-corrected beams to the K-band commissioning instrument VINCI. A squared visibility amplitude of 16.3 +/- 4.3 % was measured for NGC 1068 at a sky-projected baseline length of 45.8 m and azimuth angle 44.9 deg. This value corresponds to a FWHM of the K-band intensity distribution of 5.0 +/- 0.5 mas (0.4 +/- 0.04 pc) at the distance of NGC 1068) if it consists of a single Gaussian component. Taking into account K-band speckle interferometry observations (Wittkowski et al. 1998; Weinberger et al. 1999; Weigelt et al. 2004), we favor a multi-component model for the intensity distribution where a part of the flux originates from scales clearly smaller than about 5 mas (<0.4 pc), and another part of the flux from larger scales. The K-band emission from the small (< 5 mas) scales might arise from substructure of the dusty nuclear torus, or directly from the central accretion flow viewed through only moderate extinction.
dc.descriptionAccepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics Letters
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0403497
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0403497
dc.identifierAstron.Astrophys. 418 (2004) L39-L42
dc.identifierdoi:10.1051/0004-6361:20040118
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/7542
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleVLTI/VINCI observations of the nucleus of NGC 1068 using the adaptive optics system MACAO
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