Probing the dusty environment of the Seyfert 1 nucleus in NGC 3783 with MIDI/VLTI interferometry

2008/06/03 by Thomas Beckert, T. Beckert, T. Driebe +5 · 50 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Active galactic nucleus #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Flux (metallurgy) #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Galaxy #Interferometry #Optics #Physics #Reverberation mapping #Spectral line #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #Torus #Very Large Telescope #Wavelength #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078881

published in Astronomy and Astrophysics 486(3), L17-L20 (EDP Sciences) · 5 pages, 3 figures; letter accepted by A&A

arxiv created 2008/06/03 · openalex publication_date 2008/06/16 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Aims. We present mid-IR spectro-interferometry of the Seyfert type 1 nucleus of NGC 3783. The dusty circumnuclear environment is spatially resolved and the wavelength dependence of the compact emission is discussed.

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• MODELING THE NUCLEAR INFRARED SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTION OF TYPE II ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI
• THE SUBARCSECOND MID-INFRARED VIEW OF LOCAL ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI. III. POLAR DUST EMISSION*