Elusive Accretion Discs in Low Luminosity AGN

Fernández-Ontiveros, J. A.; Prieto, M. A.; Markoff, S.; Reb, L.; Espada, D.; González-Martín, O.
Bibliographical reference

New Frontiers in Black Hole Astrophysics, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Volume 324, pp. 192-195

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2017
Number of authors
6
IAC number of authors
2
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0
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0
Description
Low luminosity AGN (LLAGN) represent the vast majority of the AGN population in the near universe. However, they show intrinsic differences when compared to the Unified Model scenario, i.e. a lack of both the big blue bump and the IR bump in their spectral energy distribution (SED), which are the signatures of an accretion disk and a torus, respectively. In this work we present SED for a sample of six LLAGN in the nearby Universe obtained from subarcsec resolution observations. The nature of the IR continuum emission is discussed in the context of non-thermal radiation powered by compact jets.