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| Paper: |
NUGA: The IRAM Survey of AGN Spiral Hosts |
| Volume: |
290, Active Galactic Nuclei: from Central Engine to Host Galaxy |
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423 |
| Authors: |
García-Burillo, S.; Combes, F.; Eckart, A.; Tacconi, L. J.; Hunt, L. K.; Leon, S.; Baker, A. J.; Englmaier, P. P.; Boone, F.; Schinnerer, E.; Neri, R. |
| Abstract: |
We present the first results of the NUclei of GAlaxies (NUGA) project. This is a combined effort to undertake a high resolution (1''-2'') and high-sensitivity CO survey, made with the Plateau de Bure IRAM interferometer, on a moderately large sample of 12 nearby AGN spirals, which span the whole sequence of activity types. We study the distribution and dynamics of molecular gas in the inner 1 kpc of the nuclei with resolutions of 30-100 pc, and analyse systematically the different mechanisms for gas fuelling of the AGN. The large variety of observed dynamical instabilities (m = 1 modes, nuclear bars, spirals, warps,...) are interpreted with the help of N-body numerical simulations. |
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