Peter Papadopoulos

Toronto Astronomy

Physical conditions of the molecular gas in Seyfert Galaxies

Abstract: 

Early work on Seyfert Galaxies has suggested that Type 2 seem to
have more molecular gas and star formation activity than Type 1
Seyferts. If this is correct it implies a causal connection
between phenomena occuring on vastly different scales, i.e from
a <10 pc torus to the distribution of gas on >1 kpc scales.
Is this indeed true and what is the state of the gas in a prominent
member of the Seyfert list, the archetypal Seyfert 2/starburst 
galaxy NGC 1068?