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2015

University of Kentucky

Infrared

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Full-Text Articles in Physical Sciences and Mathematics

A Deep Look At The Nuclear Region Of Ugc 5101 Through High Angular Resolution Mid-Ir Data With Gtc/Canaricam, M. Martínez-Paredes, Almudena Alonso-Herrero, Itziar Aretxaga, C. Ramos Almeida, A. Hernán-Caballero, O. González-Martín, M. Pereira-Santaella, Christopher Packham, A. Asensio Ramos, T. Díaz-Santos, Moshe Elitzur, P. Esquej, I. García-Bernete, Masatoshi Imanishi, Nancy A. Levenson, José Miguel Rodríguez Espinosa Dec 2015

A Deep Look At The Nuclear Region Of Ugc 5101 Through High Angular Resolution Mid-Ir Data With Gtc/Canaricam, M. Martínez-Paredes, Almudena Alonso-Herrero, Itziar Aretxaga, C. Ramos Almeida, A. Hernán-Caballero, O. González-Martín, M. Pereira-Santaella, Christopher Packham, A. Asensio Ramos, T. Díaz-Santos, Moshe Elitzur, P. Esquej, I. García-Bernete, Masatoshi Imanishi, Nancy A. Levenson, José Miguel Rodríguez Espinosa

Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications

We present an analysis of the nuclear infrared (IR, 1.6–18 μm) emission of the ultraluminous IR galaxy UGC 5101 to derive the properties of its active galactic nucleus (AGN) and its obscuring material. We use new mid-IR high angular resolution (0.3–0.5 arcsec) imaging using the Si-2 filter (λC = 8.7 μm) and 7.5–13 μm spectroscopy taken with CanariCam (CC) on the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio CANARIAS. We also use archival Hubble Space Telescope/NICMOS and Subaru/COMICS imaging and Spitzer/IRS spectroscopy. We estimate the near- and mid-IR unresolved nuclear emission by modelling the imaging data with GALFIT. We decompose …


Herschel Dust Emission As A Probe Of Starless Cores Mass: Mcld 123.5+24.9 Of The Polaris Flare, Gururaj Anil Wagle, Thomas H. Troland, Gary J. Ferland, Nicholas P. Abel Aug 2015

Herschel Dust Emission As A Probe Of Starless Cores Mass: Mcld 123.5+24.9 Of The Polaris Flare, Gururaj Anil Wagle, Thomas H. Troland, Gary J. Ferland, Nicholas P. Abel

Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications

We present newly processed archival Herschel images of molecular cloud MCLD 123.5+24.9 in the Polaris Flare. This cloud contains five starless cores. Using the spectral synthesis code Cloudy, we explore uncertainties in the derivation of column densities, and hence masses of molecular cores from Herschel data. We first consider several detailed grain models that predict far-infrared grain opacities. Opacities predicted by the models differ by more than a factor of two, leading to uncertainties in derived column densities by the same factor. Then we consider uncertainties associated with the modified blackbody fitting process used by observers to estimate column densities. …


Observational Properties Of Simulated Galaxies In Overdense And Average Regions At Redshifts Z ≃ 6–12, Hidenobu Yajima, Isaac Shlosman, Emilio Romano-Díaz, Kentaro Nagamine Jul 2015

Observational Properties Of Simulated Galaxies In Overdense And Average Regions At Redshifts Z ≃ 6–12, Hidenobu Yajima, Isaac Shlosman, Emilio Romano-Díaz, Kentaro Nagamine

Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications

We use high-resolution zoom-in cosmological simulations of galaxies of Romano-Díaz et al., post-processing them with a panchromatic three-dimensional radiation transfer code to obtain the galaxy UV luminosity function (LF) at z ≃ 6–12. The galaxies are followed in a rare, heavily overdense region within a ∼5σ density peak, which can host high-z quasars, and in an average density region, down to the stellar mass of Mstar ∼ 4 × 107 M. We find that the overdense regions evolve at a substantially accelerated pace – the most massive galaxy has grown to Mstar ∼ 8.4 …


Variability Of The Coronal Line Region In Ngc 4151, Hermine Landt, Martin J. Ward, Katrien C. Steenbrugge, Gary J. Ferland Jun 2015

Variability Of The Coronal Line Region In Ngc 4151, Hermine Landt, Martin J. Ward, Katrien C. Steenbrugge, Gary J. Ferland

Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications

We present the first extensive study of the coronal line variability in an active galaxy. Our data set for the nearby source NGC 4151 consists of six epochs of quasi-simultaneous optical and near-infrared spectroscopy spanning a period of about 8 yr and five epochs of X-ray spectroscopy overlapping in time with it. None of the coronal lines showed the variability behaviour observed for the broad emission lines and hot dust emission. In general, the coronal lines varied only weakly, if at all. Using the optical [Fe vii] and X-ray O vii emission lines we estimate that the coronal line gas …