Speaker
Carole Mundell
(Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool JM University)
Description
The distribution of gas and stars in nearby galaxies traced by '3-D' studies of molecular, neutral and ionised gas provide a unique view of the role of the multi-phase medium in triggering and fuelling nuclear activity in galactic nuclei on size scales ever closer to the central black hole.
I will highlight the importance of such 3D studies at optical, radio and mm wavelengths and, in particular, the importance of studying the inner kiloparsec, where activity and dynamical timescales become comparable. I will present a new IFU-imaging spectroscopic comparative study of the distribution and kinematics of ionised gas in a carefully matched sample of Seyfert and quiescent galaxies, selected
from the SDSS
Author
Carole Mundell
(Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool JM University)