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The kinematics and ionization of nuclear gas clouds in centaurus A

Bicknell, Geoffrey; Sutherland, Ralph; Neumayer, Nadine

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Neumayer et al. established the existence of a blueshifted cloud in the core of Centaurus A, within a few parsecs of the nucleus and close to the radio jet. We propose that the cloud has been impacted by the jet, and that it is in the foreground of the jet, accounting for its blueshifted emission on the southern side of the nucleus. We consider both shock excitation and photoionization models for the excitation of the cloud. Shock models do not account for the [Si VI] and [Ca VIII] emission...[Show more]

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Date published: 2013
Type: Journal article
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/71627
Source: Astrophysical Journal, The
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/766/1/36
Access Rights: Open Access

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