The central dusty torus in the active nucleus of NGC 1068

Nature

Volumn 429, Issue 6987, 2004, Pages 47-49

  Jaffe, W ^a   Meisenheimer, K ^b   Rottgering H J A ^a   Leinert, Ch ^b   Richichi, A ^c   Chesneau, O ^b   Fraix Burnet, D ^d   Giazenborg Klutug A ^e   Granato, G L ^f   Graser, U ^b   Heijilgers, B ^a   Kohler R ^b   Malhot, F ^d   Miley, G K ^a   Paresce, F ^c   Pel, J W ^g   Perrin, G ^h   Przygodda, F ^b   Schoeller, M ⁱ   Sol, H ^h   Waters, L B F M ^j,k   Weigelt, G ^l   Woillez, J ^h   De Zeeuw, P T ^a   more..

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^d OBSERVATOIRE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

^e ASTRON   (Netherlands)

^f INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^h OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

ⁱ EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^j UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^k KU LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^l MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; DUST; GALAXIES; INFRARED RADIATION; INTERFEROMETRY; KINETIC ENERGY; X RAYS;

ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI (AGN); EMISSION LINES; SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES;

SPACE RESEARCH;

ASTROPHYSICS;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMOS; DUST; ENERGY; INFRARED RADIATION; INTERFEROMETRY; KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 2442428343     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02531     Document Type: Article

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