From the Circumnuclear Disk in the Galactic Center to thick, obscuring tori of AGNs

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 413, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 949-957

  Vollmer, B ^a,b   Beckert, T ^b   Duschl, W J ^b,c  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Galaxies: nuclei; Galaxy: center; Galaxy: structure; ISM: clouds; ISM: structure

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; CLOUDS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; EVAPORATION; GAS DYNAMICS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; IONIZATION; KINETIC ENERGY; MASS TRANSFER; TURBULENCE;

ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI (AGN); CIRCUMNUCLEAR DISKS (CND); VELOCITY DISPERSION;

GALAXIES;

EID: 0742321116     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20034201     Document Type: Article

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