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Paper: Arp 102B: An ADAF and a Torus?
Volume: 373, The Central Engine of Active Galactic Nuclei
Page: 443
Authors: Chary, R.-R.
Abstract: Arp 102B is a nearby radio galaxy which displays the presence of double-peaked Balmer emission lines. Sub-arcsec Keck mid-infrared imaging and Spitzer spectroscopy reveal a spatially compact mid-infrared source which displays tentative evidence for variability. The Fvν−1.2 spectral energy distribution is suggestive of an advection-dominated accretion flow. The absence of dust features over the 5−40 μm range make it unlikely that thermal dust emission dominates the mid-infrared luminosity. We also detect the presence of molecular hydrogen in emission which is asymmetrically redshifted by ~500–1000 km/s from the systemic velocity of the galaxy. Since the forbidden, low-ionization lines in this galaxy are at the systemic velocity, we suggest that the molecular hydrogen emission arises from a rotating molecular gas structure surrounding the nuclear black hole at a distance of ~1 pc.
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