Bibcode
Mason, R. E.; Ramos Almeida, C.; Levenson, N. A.; Nemmen, R.; Herrero, A. Alonso
Bibliographical reference
Multiwavelength AGN Surveys and Studies, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Volume 304, pp. 278-279
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2014
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Description
To test recent suggestions that the infrared emission of low-luminosity
AGN arises in a truncated thin accretion disk, we compare recent,
high-resolution IR data with published SED model fits that include
emission from the truncated disk. We also fit the data with clumpy torus
and optically thin dust shell models. These comparisons suggest that
dust can better account for the IR emission of the objects in question
than can the truncated disk. That optically thin models give a good fit
to the data may support a scenario in which the torus of the AGN unified
model does not persist in low accretion rate AGN.