Near-IR Spectropolarimetry of NGC 1088
Young, S., Hough, J., Bailey, J., Axon, D.J. and Ward, M.J.
(1994)
Near-IR Spectropolarimetry of NGC 1088.
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In: Procs of The First Stromlo Symposium: The Physics of Active Galaxies. ASP Conference Series 54 :.
Astronomical Society of the Pacific, pp. 277-80.
ISBN 0-937707-73-2
The current unified model of Seyfert galaxies, as proposed by Antonucci and Miller (1985), has most, if not all, Seyfert 2 galaxies hosting a Seyfert 1 type nucleus in their cores. The broad lines from the type 1 nucleus can be scattered and be seen in the polarized flux spectrum, provided the geometry is correct. Whether the mechanism is electron or dust scattering has been a question of some debate. Since dust would normally have a low scattering efficiency in the infrared, near-IR spectropolarimetry should help in determing the nature of the scatterers. To this end we present the first near-IR spectropolarimetry of NGC 1068 a "Seyfert 2" galaxy in which polarized broad lines have been observed at optical wavelengths.
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