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| Paper: |
HYPERCAT- Hypercubes of AGN Tori |
| Volume: |
522, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXVII |
| Page: |
235 |
| Authors: |
Nikutta, R.; Lopez-Rodriguez, E.; Ichikawa, K.; Levenson, N. A.; Packham, C. |
| Abstract: |
AGN unification requires that a dusty obscurer (torus) hides the
central accretion engine along some lines of sight. Many
observations support this picture. Models of torus spectral energy
distributions (SED) have been exploited for a long time, but
spatially resolved emission morphologies have so far been rarely
studied. With CLUMPY, the
most widely used radiative transfer code for AGN tori, we generate a
large set of images and release it to facilitate studies by the AGN
community of the resolved emission morphologies. This poses a
significant computational enterprise, as a hypercube of images
comprises 105 times more data than an equivalent set of SEDs. Its
size overwhelms most users' personal computers, and the high entry
barrier can discourage researchers from working with such
datasets. We have developed together with the hypercube an intuitive
software suite that removes most of these obstacles. |
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