Structures Of Dust and gAs (SODA): Constraining the innermost dust properties of II Zw96 with JWST observations of H$_2$O and CO
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| author | García-Bernete, I. Pereira-Santaella, M. González-Alfonso, E. Rigopoulou, D. Efstathiou, A. Donnan, F. R. Thatte, N. |
| author_facet | García-Bernete, I. Pereira-Santaella, M. González-Alfonso, E. Rigopoulou, D. Efstathiou, A. Donnan, F. R. Thatte, N. |
| contents | We analyze JWST NIRSpec$+$MIRI/MRS observations of the infrared (IR) gas-phase molecular bands of the most enshrouded source (D1) within the interacting system and luminous IR galaxy II Zw 096. We report the detection of rovibrational lines of H$_2$O $ν_2$=1-0 ($\sim$5.3-7.2 $μ$m) and $^{12}$CO $ν$=1-0 ($\sim$4.45-4.95 $μ$m) in D1. The CO band shows the R- and P-branches in emission and the spectrum of the H$_2$O band shows the P-branch in emission and the R-branch in absorption. The H$_2$O R-branch in absorption unveils an IR-bright embedded compact source in D1 and the CO broad component features a highly turbulent environment. From both bands, we also identified extended intense star-forming (SF) activity associated with circumnuclear photodissociation regions (PDRs), consistent with the strong emission of the ionised 7.7 $μ$m polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon band in this source. By including the 4.5-7.0 $μ$m continuum information derived from the H$_2$O and CO analysis, we modelled the IR emission of D1 with a dusty torus and SF component. The torus is very compact (diameter of $\sim$3 pc at 5 $μ$m) and characterised by warm dust ($\sim$ 370 K), giving an IR surface brightness of $\sim$3.6$\times$10$^{8}$ L$_{\rm sun}$/pc$^2$. This result suggests the presence of a dust-obscured active galactic nucleus (AGN) in D1, which has an exceptionally high covering factor that prevents the direct detection of AGN emission. Our results open a new way to investigate the physical conditions of inner dusty tori via modelling the observed IR molecular bands. |
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| spellingShingle | Structures Of Dust and gAs (SODA): Constraining the innermost dust properties of II Zw96 with JWST observations of H$_2$O and CO García-Bernete, I. Pereira-Santaella, M. González-Alfonso, E. Rigopoulou, D. Efstathiou, A. Donnan, F. R. Thatte, N. Astrophysics of Galaxies We analyze JWST NIRSpec$+$MIRI/MRS observations of the infrared (IR) gas-phase molecular bands of the most enshrouded source (D1) within the interacting system and luminous IR galaxy II Zw 096. We report the detection of rovibrational lines of H$_2$O $ν_2$=1-0 ($\sim$5.3-7.2 $μ$m) and $^{12}$CO $ν$=1-0 ($\sim$4.45-4.95 $μ$m) in D1. The CO band shows the R- and P-branches in emission and the spectrum of the H$_2$O band shows the P-branch in emission and the R-branch in absorption. The H$_2$O R-branch in absorption unveils an IR-bright embedded compact source in D1 and the CO broad component features a highly turbulent environment. From both bands, we also identified extended intense star-forming (SF) activity associated with circumnuclear photodissociation regions (PDRs), consistent with the strong emission of the ionised 7.7 $μ$m polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon band in this source. By including the 4.5-7.0 $μ$m continuum information derived from the H$_2$O and CO analysis, we modelled the IR emission of D1 with a dusty torus and SF component. The torus is very compact (diameter of $\sim$3 pc at 5 $μ$m) and characterised by warm dust ($\sim$ 370 K), giving an IR surface brightness of $\sim$3.6$\times$10$^{8}$ L$_{\rm sun}$/pc$^2$. This result suggests the presence of a dust-obscured active galactic nucleus (AGN) in D1, which has an exceptionally high covering factor that prevents the direct detection of AGN emission. Our results open a new way to investigate the physical conditions of inner dusty tori via modelling the observed IR molecular bands. |
| title | Structures Of Dust and gAs (SODA): Constraining the innermost dust properties of II Zw96 with JWST observations of H$_2$O and CO |
| topic | Astrophysics of Galaxies |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.02763 |