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Evidence for a Circumnuclear Atomic Disk and Massive Black Hole in the Hidden Quasar Cygnus A

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

J. E. Conway
J. E. Conway*
Affiliation:
Onsala Space Observatory, Sweden

Abstract

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We present evidence for a compact ( ≈ 50pc scale) rotating H ɪ disk or torus in Cygnus A, which may represent part of the structure which hides the quasar nucleus.

Type
Research Article
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 164: Radio Emission from Galactic and Extragalactic Compact Sources , 1998 , pp. 231 - 232
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1998

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