Tracing the Coronal Line Region in AGN with VLT/NACO: The Very First Results

Bibcode
2005sao..conf..315M
DOI
10.1007/10828557_55
Marco, Olivier; Prieto, Almudena
Bibliographical reference

Science with Adaptive Optics, Proceedings of the ESO Workshop Held at Garching, Germany, 16-19 September 2003. Edited by W. Brandner and M. E. Kasper. 387 p. Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 200592215. ISBN: 3-540-25034-4. Published by Springer, Berlin 2005, p.315

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Description
The coronal line region in AGN is an intermediate zone between the broad- and the narrow-line regions where lines with ionization potentials, IP >50 eV, are produced. Because these IP are not easily reachable in stars, coronal lines become unique tracers of the AGN activity. The coronal line region has so far remained unresolved as its typical size is of a few tens of pc. However, these sizes are now accessible to the diffraction limit of an 8 m telescope.
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