HUT Observations of the Lyman Limit in AGN: Implications for Unified Models

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dc.creatorKriss, G.
dc.creatorKrolik, J.
dc.creatorGrimes, J.
dc.creatorTsvetanov, Z.
dc.creatorEspey, B.
dc.creatorZheng, W.
dc.creatorDavidsen, A.
dc.date1996-07-29
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-25T20:11:44Z
dc.descriptionWe observed a total of 13 low-redshift AGN with the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (HUT) during the course of the Astro-1 and Astro-2 missions. Of these, 4 show intrinsic Lyman limit absorption---NGC 1068, NGC 4151, NGC 3516 and NGC 3227. All galaxies with optically thick Lyman limits have extended narrow-line regions with bi-polar morphologies. All AGN with no absorption are Seyfert 1's with compact NLR's. These observations support geometrical shadowing as the means for collimating the ionizing radiation in unified models of AGN, most likely in a photoionized atmosphere above the obscuring torus.
dc.description4 pages, 2 PostScript figures, uses aspconf.sty, epsf.sty To appear in the proceedings of IAU Colloquium 159, Shanghai, June 1996. "Emission Lines in Active Galaxies: New Methods and Techniques", eds. B.M. Peterson, F.-Z. Cheng, and A.S. Wilson (Astronomical Society of the Pacific: San Francisco)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9607155
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9607155
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.dare.co.zw/handle/123456789/69527
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleHUT Observations of the Lyman Limit in AGN: Implications for Unified Models
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