Program: GS-2004A-Q-41

Title:Imaging the AGN at the heart of Centaurus A
PI:Henry Matthews
Co-I(s): Lerothodi Leeuw

Abstract

We propose T-ReCS mid-infrared imaging observations of the nearest AGN, in Centaurus A. These images should differentiate for the first time the point-like BLLac core from the central nuclear torus, about 15" in size. The field of view of a single frame includes both structures, together with the innermost regions of the galaxy's thin disk. Dust temperatures for the torus are in the range 250 to 750K, and multi-filter observations are requested to determine the SED's of both components.

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