MIDINFRARED SPECTROSCOPY OF THE HYPERLUMINOUS INFRARED GALAXY IRAS P09104+4109

Citation
Y. Taniguchi et al., MIDINFRARED SPECTROSCOPY OF THE HYPERLUMINOUS INFRARED GALAXY IRAS P09104+4109, Astronomy and astrophysics, 318(1), 1997, pp. 1-4
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
ISSN journal
00046361
Volume
318
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1 - 4
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-6361(1997)318:1<1:MSOTHI>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
We present mid-infrared spectroscopy of the hyperluminous infrared gal axy IRAS 09104+4109 based on observations with ISOCAM CVF. We have det ected the emission peak around 8 mu m as well as the absorption featur e around 10 mu m possibly due to silicate, providing evidence for a du sty torus around the central engine. Comparing the observational resul ts with the dusty torus model studied by Pier & Krolik (1992), we show that the most mid infrared emission comes from a compact (a few pc in radius) dusty torus although the excess far infrared emission suggest s the presence of an extended dusty torus with radius of similar to 10 0 pc.