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Title:
Discovery of Water Maser Emission in Eight AGNs with 70 m Antennas of NASA's Deep Space Network [ Erratum: 2006ApJ...649..561K ]
Authors:
Kondratko, P. T.; Greenhill, L. J.; Moran, J. M.; Lovell, J. E. J.; Kuiper, T. B. H.; Jauncey, D. L.; Cameron, L. B.; Gómez, J. F.; García-Miró, C.; Moll, E.; de Gregorio-Monsalvo, I.; Jiménez-Bailón, E.
Affiliation:
AA(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138; .), AB(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138; .), AC(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138; .), AD(Australia Telescope National Facility, CSIRO, Epping, NSW 2121, Australia.), AE(Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109.), AF(Australia Telescope National Facility, CSIRO, Epping, NSW 2121, Australia.), AG(Raytheon, Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex, Tidbinbilla Road, Paddy's Creek, ACT 2609, Australia.), AH(Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, CSIC, Apartado 3004, E-18080 Granada, Spain.), AI(Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex, INTA-NASA, Paseo del Pintor Rosales 34-bajo, E-28008 Madrid, Spain.), AJ(Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex, INTA-NASA, Paseo del Pintor Rosales 34-bajo, E-28008 Madrid, Spain.), AK(Laboratorio de Astrofísica Espacial y Física Fundamental, INTA, Apartado 50727, E-28080 Madrid, Spain.), AL(Laboratorio de Astrofísica Espacial y Física Fundamental, INTA, Apartado 50727, E-28080 Madrid, Spain.)
Publication:
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 638, Issue 1, pp. 100-105. (ApJ Homepage)
Publication Date:
02/2006
Origin:
UCP
ApJ Keywords:
Galaxies: Active, galaxies: individual (AM 2158-380 NED02), galaxies: individual (IC 0184), galaxies: individual (NGC 0235A), galaxies: individual (NGC 0613), Galaxies: Individual: NGC Number: NGC 3393, galaxies: individual (NGC 4293), galaxies: individual (NGC 5495), galaxies: individual (VII Zw 073), Galaxies: Seyfert, ISM: Jets and Outflows, ISM: Molecules, Masers
DOI:
10.1086/498641
Bibliographic Code:
2006ApJ...638..100K

Abstract

We report the discovery of water maser emission in eight active galactic nuclei (AGNs) with the 70 m NASA Deep Space Network (DSN) antennas at Tidbinbilla, Australia, and Robledo, Spain. The positions of the newly discovered masers, measured with the VLA, are consistent with the optical positions of the host nuclei to within 1 σ (0.3" radio and 1.3" optical) and most likely mark the locations of the embedded central engines. The spectra of two sources, NGC 3393 and NGC 5495, display the characteristic spectral signature of emission from an edge-on accretion disk, with orbital velocities of ~600 and ~400 km s-1, respectively. In a survey with DSN facilities of 630 AGNs selected from the NASA Extragalactic Database, we have discovered a total of 15 water maser sources. The resulting incidence rate of maser emission among nearby (vsys<7000 km s-1) Seyfert 1.8-2.0 and LINER systems is ~10% for a typical rms noise level of ~14 mJy over 1.3 km s-1 spectral channels. As a result of this work, the number of nearby AGNs (vsys<7000 km s-1) observed with <20 mJy rms noise has increased from 130 to 449.

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