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Radiation hydrodynamics models of active galactic nuclei: beyond the central parsec

Radiation hydrodynamics models of active galactic nuclei: beyond the central parsec
Radiation hydrodynamics models of active galactic nuclei: beyond the central parsec
We produce radiation hydrodynamics models of an active galactic nucleus torus plus outflow on 1–100 pc scales. This large scale permits direct comparison with observations, provides justification for configurations used in radiation transfer models, and tests the sensitivity of results of smaller scale dynamical models. We find that anisotropic radiation from an active galactic nucleus accretion disk can cause an outflow to evolve to become more polar, agreeing with the ubiquity of polar extended mid-infrared emission, and the general geometry predicted by radiative transfer models. We also find that the velocity maps can reproduce many features of observations, including apparent counterrotation.
1538-4357
Williamson, David
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Venanzi, Marta
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Williamson, David
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Hoenig, Sebastian
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Williamson, David, Hoenig, Sebastian and Venanzi, Marta (2020) Radiation hydrodynamics models of active galactic nuclei: beyond the central parsec. The Astrophysical Journal, 897 (1), [26]. (doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ab989e).

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We produce radiation hydrodynamics models of an active galactic nucleus torus plus outflow on 1–100 pc scales. This large scale permits direct comparison with observations, provides justification for configurations used in radiation transfer models, and tests the sensitivity of results of smaller scale dynamical models. We find that anisotropic radiation from an active galactic nucleus accretion disk can cause an outflow to evolve to become more polar, agreeing with the ubiquity of polar extended mid-infrared emission, and the general geometry predicted by radiative transfer models. We also find that the velocity maps can reproduce many features of observations, including apparent counterrotation.

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Accepted/In Press date: 31 May 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 30 June 2020
Published date: 1 July 2020
Additional Information: Publisher Copyright: © 2020. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

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Local EPrints ID: 442584
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/442584
ISSN: 1538-4357
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Date deposited: 20 Jul 2020 16:31
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Author: David Williamson
Author: Marta Venanzi

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