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The putative center in NGC 1052

Baczko, Anne-Kathrin [Goteborg, ITP; Bonn, Max Planck Inst., Radioastron.] (ORCID:0000000330903975)·Kadler, Matthias [Wurzburg U.]·Ros, Eduardo [Bonn, Max Planck Inst., Radioastron.] (ORCID:0000000195034892)·Fromm, Christian M. [Wurzburg U.; Frankfurt U.; Bonn, Max Planck Inst., Radioastron.] (ORCID:0000000218271656)·Wielgus, Maciek [Bonn, Max Planck Inst., Radioastron.] (ORCID:0000000286354242)·Perucho, Manel [Valencia U., Astro. Astrophys.; Valencia U., IFIC] (ORCID:0000000327840379)·Krichbaum, Thomas P. [Bonn, Max Planck Inst., Radioastron.] (ORCID:0000000248929586)·Baloković, Mislav [Yale Ctr. Astron. Astrophys.] (ORCID:0000000304766647)·Blackburn, Lindy [Harvard U. (main); Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys.] (ORCID:000000029030642X)·Chan, Chi-kwan [Arizona U., Astron. Dept. - Steward Observ.; Clemson U.; LSST, Tucson; Arizona U.] (ORCID:0000000163376126)·Issaoun, Sara [Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys.] (ORCID:000000025297921X)·Janssen, Michael [Nijmegen U., IMAPP; Bonn, Max Planck Inst., Radioastron.] (ORCID:0000000186856544)·Ricci, Luca [Wurzburg U.; Bonn, Max Planck Inst., Radioastron.] (ORCID:0000000241753194)·Akiyama, Kazunori [MIT, LNS; Natl. Astron. Observ. of Japan; Harvard U. (main); Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys.] (ORCID:0000000294754254)·Albentosa-Ruíz, Ezequiel [Valencia U., Astro. Astrophys.] (ORCID:0000000278166401)·Alberdi, Antxon [Granada U., Theor. Phys. Astrophys.] (ORCID:0000000293711033)·Alef, Walter [Bonn, Max Planck Inst., Radioastron.]·Algaba, Juan Carlos [Malaya U.] (ORCID:0000000169931696)·Anantua, Richard [Texas U., San Antonio; Rice U.; Harvard U. (main); Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys.] (ORCID:0000000334577660)·Asada, Keiichi [Academia Sinica, Taiwan] (ORCID:0000000169888763)·Azulay, Rebecca [Valencia U., Astro. Astrophys.; Valencia U., IFIC; Bonn, Max Planck Inst., Radioastron.] (ORCID:0000000222005393)·Bach, Uwe [Bonn, Max Planck Inst., Radioastron.] (ORCID:0000000277228412)·Ball, David [Arizona U., Astron. Dept. - Steward Observ.]·Bandyopadhyay, Bidisha [Concepcion U.] (ORCID:0000000221388564)·Barrett, John [MIT, LNS] (ORCID:0000000292900764)·Bauböck, Michi [Illinois U., Urbana] (ORCID:0000000255182812)·Benson, Bradford A. [Fermilab; Chicago U., Astron. Astrophys. Ctr.] (ORCID:0000000251086823)·Bintley, Dan [Subaru Telescope]·Blundell, Raymond [Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys.] (ORCID:0000000259295857)·Bouman, Katherine L. [Caltech] (ORCID:0000000300774367)·Bower, Geoffrey C. [Gemini Observ., Hilo; Hawaii U.] (ORCID:0000000340569982)·Boyce, Hope [McGill U.] (ORCID:0000000265305783)·Bremer, Michael [IRAM, St. Martin d'Heres] (ORCID:0000000175113745)·Brinkerink, Christiaan D. [Nijmegen U., IMAPP] (ORCID:0000000223220749)·Brissenden, Roger [Harvard U. (main); Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys.] (ORCID:0000000225560894)·Britzen, Silke [Bonn, Max Planck Inst., Radioastron.] (ORCID:0000000192406734)·Broderick, Avery E. [Perimeter Inst. Theor. Phys.; Waterloo U.; Waterloo U., IQC] (ORCID:000000023351760X)·Broguiere, Dominique [IRAM, St. Martin d'Heres] (ORCID:0000000191516683)·Bronzwaer, Thomas [Nijmegen U., IMAPP] (ORCID:0000000311513971)·Bustamante, Sandra [Massachusetts U., Amherst] (ORCID:0000000161691894)·Byun, Do-Young [KASI, DaeJeon; KISTI, Daejeon] (ORCID:0000000311574109)·Carlstrom, John E. [Chicago U., KICP; Chicago U., Astron. Astrophys. Ctr.; Chicago U.; Chicago U., EFI] (ORCID:0000000220447665)·Chiara Ceccobello, Chiara Ceccobello [Chalmers U. Tech.] (ORCID:0000000247679925)·Chael, Andrew [Princeton U.] (ORCID:0000000329666220)·Chang, Dominic O. [Harvard U. (main); Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys.] (ORCID:0000000199395257)·Chatterjee, Koushik [Harvard U. (main); Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys.] (ORCID:0000000228253590)·Chatterjee, Shami [Cornell U., Radio. Space Res. Ctr.] (ORCID:0000000228781502)·Chen, Ming-Tang [Gemini Observ., Hilo] (ORCID:0000000165733318)·Chen, Yongjun [Shanghai, Astron. Observ.; Beijing Observ.] (ORCID:0000000156506770)·Cheng, Xiaopeng [KASI, DaeJeon] (ORCID:0000000344079868)·Cho, Ilje [Granada U., Theor. Phys. Astrophys.; KASI, DaeJeon; Yonsei U.] (ORCID:0000000160837521)·Christian, Pierre [Fairfield U.] (ORCID:0000000168209941)·Conroy, Nicholas S. [Illinois U., Urbana, Astron. Dept.; Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys.] (ORCID:0000000328862377)·Conway, John E. [Chalmers U. Tech.] (ORCID:0000000324489181)·Cordes, James M. [Cornell U., Radio. Space Res. Ctr.] (ORCID:0000000240491882)·Crawford, Thomas M. [Chicago U., Astron. Astrophys. Ctr.; Chicago U., KICP] (ORCID:0000000190005013)·Crew, Geoffrey B. [MIT, LNS] (ORCID:0000000220793189)·Cruz-Osorio, Alejandro [Mexico U.; Frankfurt U.] (ORCID:0000000239456342)·Cui, Yuzhu [Unlisted, CN; Shanghai Jiao Tong U.] (ORCID:0000000163114345)·Dahale, Rohan [Granada U., Theor. Phys. Astrophys.] (ORCID:0000000169829034)·Davelaar, Jordy [Princeton U., Astrophys. Sci. Dept.] (ORCID:0000000226852434)·De Laurentis, Mariafelicia [INFN, Naples; Frankfurt U.; Naples U.] (ORCID:000000029945682X)·Deane, Roger [U. Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Sch. Phys.; Pretoria U.; Rhodes U.] (ORCID:0000000310275043)·Dempsey, Jessica [Subaru Telescope; ASTRON, Dwingeloo] (ORCID:0000000312699667)·Desvignes, Gregory [Bonn, Max Planck Inst., Radioastron.; LESIA, Meudon] (ORCID:0000000339224055)·Dexter, Jason [Colorado U.] (ORCID:0000000339030373)·Dhruv, Vedant [Illinois U., Urbana] (ORCID:000000016765877X)·Dihingia, Indu K. [Shanghai Jiao Tong U.] (ORCID:0000000240640446)·Doeleman, Sheperd S. [Harvard U. (main); Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys.] (ORCID:0000000290310904)·Dougall, Sean Taylor [Arizona U., Astron. Dept. - Steward Observ.] (ORCID:0000000237691314)·Dzib, Sergio A. [IRAM, St. Martin d'Heres; Bonn, Max Planck Inst., Radioastron.] (ORCID:0000000160106200)·Eatough, Ralph P. [NAOC, Beijing; Bonn, Max Planck Inst., Radioastron.] (ORCID:0000000161964135)·Emami, Razieh [Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys.] (ORCID:0000000227915011)·Falcke, Heino [Nijmegen U., IMAPP] (ORCID:0000000225266724)·Farah, Joseph [Las Cumbres Observ.; UC, Santa Barbara] (ORCID:0000000349145625)·Fish, Vincent L. [MIT, LNS] (ORCID:0000000271289345)·Fomalont, Edward [NRAO, Charlottesville] (ORCID:0000000290362747)·Ford, H.Alyson [Arizona U., Astron. Dept. - Steward Observ.] (ORCID:0000000297970972)·Foschi, Marianna [Granada U., Theor. Phys. Astrophys.] (ORCID:0000000181474993)·Fraga-Encinas, Raquel [Nijmegen U., IMAPP] (ORCID:0000000252221361)·Freeman, William T. [MIT; IBM Watson Res. Ctr.]·Friberg, Per [Subaru Telescope] (ORCID:0000000280108454)·Fuentes, Antonio [Granada U., Theor. Phys. Astrophys.] (ORCID:0000000287734933)·Galison, Peter [Harvard U. (main); Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys.; Harvard U.] (ORCID:0000000264293872)·Gammie, Charles F. [Illinois U., Urbana; Illinois U., Urbana, Astron. Dept.] (ORCID:0000000174518935)·García, Roberto [IRAM, St. Martin d'Heres] (ORCID:0000000265847443)·Gentaz, Olivier [IRAM, St. Martin d'Heres] (ORCID:0000000201154605)·Georgiev, Boris [Arizona U., Astron. Dept. - Steward Observ.] (ORCID:0000000235866424)·Goddi, Ciriaco [Sao Paulo U.; Sao Paulo, Inst. Astron. Geofis.; Cagliari U.; Cagliari Observ.; INFN, Cagliari] (ORCID:0000000225427743)·Gold, Roman [Southern Denmark U., CP3-Origins] (ORCID:0000000324921966)·Gómez-Ruiz, I. Arturo [INAOE, Puebla; Conacyt, Mexico] (ORCID:0000000193951670)·Gómez, José L. [Granada U., Theor. Phys. Astrophys.] (ORCID:0000000341907613)·Gu, Minfeng [Shanghai, Astron. Observ.] (ORCID:0000000244556946)·Gurwell, Mark [Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys.] (ORCID:0000000306853621)·Hada, Kazuhiro [Nagoya U.; KASI, DaeJeon] (ORCID:000000016906772X)·Haggard, Daryl [McGill U.] (ORCID:0000000168032138)·Haworth, Kari [Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys.]·Hecht, Michael H. [MIT, LNS] (ORCID:0000000241144583)·Hesper, Ronald [Kapteyn Astron. Inst., Groningen] (ORCID:0000000319186098)·Heumann, Dirk [Arizona U., Astron. Dept. - Steward Observ.] (ORCID:0000000276710047)
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Abstract

Context. Many active galaxies harbor powerful relativistic jets, however, the detailed mechanisms of their formation and acceleration remain poorly understood.Aims. To investigate the area of jet acceleration and collimation with the highest available angular resolution, we study the innermost region of the bipolar jet in the nearby low-ionization nuclear emission-line region (LINER) galaxy NGC 1052.Methods. We combined observations of NGC 1052 taken with VLBA, GMVA, and EHT over one week in the spring of 2017. Our study is focused on the size and continuum spectrum of the innermost region containing the central engine and the footpoints of both jets. We employed a synchrotron-self absorption model to fit the continuum radio spectrum and we combined the size measurements from close to the central engine out to ∼1 pc to study the jet collimation.Results. For the first time, NGC 1052 was detected with the EHT, providing a size of the central region in-between both jet bases of 43 μas perpendicular to the jet axes, corresponding to just around 250 RS (Schwarzschild radii). This size estimate supports previous studies of the jets expansion profile which suggest two breaks of the profile at around 3 × 103 RS and 1 × 104 RS distances to the core. Furthermore, we estimated the magnetic field to be 1.25 Gauss at a distance of 22 μas from the central engine by fitting a synchrotron-self absorption spectrum to the innermost emission feature, which shows a spectral turn-over at ∼130 GHz. Assuming a purely poloidal magnetic field, this implies an upper limit on the magnetic field strength at the event horizon of 2.6 × 104 Gauss, which is consistent with previous measurements.Conclusions. The complex, low-brightness, double-sided jet structure in NGC 1052 makes it a challenge to detect the source at millimeter (mm) wavelengths. However, our first EHT observations have demonstrated that detection is possible up to at least 230 GHz. This study offers a glimpse through the dense surrounding torus and into the innermost central region, where the jets are formed. This has enabled us to finally resolve this region and provide improved constraints on its expansion and magnetic field strength.Key words: methods: observational / techniques: high angular resolution / techniques: interferometric / galaxies: active / galaxies: jets / galaxies: Seyfert⋆⋆ NASA Hubble Fellowship Program, Einstein Fellow.

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Baczko, Anne-Kathrin [Goteborg, ITP; Bonn, Max Planck Inst., Radioastron.] (ORCID:0000000330903975), Kadler, Matthias [Wurzburg U.], Ros, Eduardo [Bonn, Max Planck Inst., Radioastron.] (ORCID:0000000195034892), Fromm, Christian M. [Wurzburg U.; Frankfurt U.; Bonn, Max Planck Inst., Radioastron.] (ORCID:0000000218271656), Wielgus, Maciek [Bonn, Max Planck Inst., Radioastron.] (ORCID:0000000286354242), Perucho, Manel [Valencia U., Astro. Astrophys.; Valencia U., IFIC] (ORCID:0000000327840379), Krichbaum, Thomas P. [Bonn, Max Planck Inst., Radioastron.] (ORCID:0000000248929586), Baloković, Mislav [Yale Ctr. Astron. Astrophys.] (ORCID:0000000304766647), Blackburn, Lindy [Harvard U. (main); Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys.] (ORCID:000000029030642X), Chan, Chi-kwan [Arizona U., Astron. Dept. - Steward Observ.; Clemson U.; LSST, Tucson; Arizona U.] (ORCID:0000000163376126), Issaoun, Sara [Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys.] (ORCID:000000025297921X), Janssen, Michael [Nijmegen U., IMAPP; Bonn, Max Planck Inst., Radioastron.] (ORCID:0000000186856544), Ricci, Luca [Wurzburg U.; Bonn, Max Planck Inst., Radioastron.] (ORCID:0000000241753194), Akiyama, Kazunori [MIT, LNS; Natl. Astron. Observ. of Japan; Harvard U. (main); Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys.] (ORCID:0000000294754254), Albentosa-Ruíz, Ezequiel [Valencia U., Astro. Astrophys.] (ORCID:0000000278166401), Alberdi, Antxon [Granada U., Theor. Phys. Astrophys.] (ORCID:0000000293711033), Alef, Walter [Bonn, Max Planck Inst., Radioastron.], Algaba, Juan Carlos [Malaya U.] (ORCID:0000000169931696), Anantua, Richard [Texas U., San Antonio; Rice U.; Harvard U. (main); Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys.] (ORCID:0000000334577660), Asada, Keiichi [Academia Sinica, Taiwan] (ORCID:0000000169888763), Azulay, Rebecca [Valencia U., Astro. Astrophys.; Valencia U., IFIC; Bonn, Max Planck Inst., Radioastron.] (ORCID:0000000222005393), Bach, Uwe [Bonn, Max Planck Inst., Radioastron.] (ORCID:0000000277228412), Ball, David [Arizona U., Astron. Dept. - Steward Observ.], Bandyopadhyay, Bidisha [Concepcion U.] (ORCID:0000000221388564), Barrett, John [MIT, LNS] (ORCID:0000000292900764), Bauböck, Michi [Illinois U., Urbana] (ORCID:0000000255182812), Benson, Bradford A. [Fermilab; Chicago U., Astron. Astrophys. Ctr.] (ORCID:0000000251086823), Bintley, Dan [Subaru Telescope], Blundell, Raymond [Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys.] (ORCID:0000000259295857), Bouman, Katherine L. [Caltech] (ORCID:0000000300774367), Bower, Geoffrey C. [Gemini Observ., Hilo; Hawaii U.] (ORCID:0000000340569982), Boyce, Hope [McGill U.] (ORCID:0000000265305783), Bremer, Michael [IRAM, St. Martin d'Heres] (ORCID:0000000175113745), Brinkerink, Christiaan D. [Nijmegen U., IMAPP] (ORCID:0000000223220749), Brissenden, Roger [Harvard U. (main); Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys.] (ORCID:0000000225560894), Britzen, Silke [Bonn, Max Planck Inst., Radioastron.] (ORCID:0000000192406734), Broderick, Avery E. [Perimeter Inst. Theor. Phys.; Waterloo U.; Waterloo U., IQC] (ORCID:000000023351760X), Broguiere, Dominique [IRAM, St. Martin d'Heres] (ORCID:0000000191516683), Bronzwaer, Thomas [Nijmegen U., IMAPP] (ORCID:0000000311513971), Bustamante, Sandra [Massachusetts U., Amherst] (ORCID:0000000161691894), Byun, Do-Young [KASI, DaeJeon; KISTI, Daejeon] (ORCID:0000000311574109), Carlstrom, John E. [Chicago U., KICP; Chicago U., Astron. Astrophys. Ctr.; Chicago U.; Chicago U., EFI] (ORCID:0000000220447665), Chiara Ceccobello, Chiara Ceccobello [Chalmers U. Tech.] (ORCID:0000000247679925), Chael, Andrew [Princeton U.] (ORCID:0000000329666220), Chang, Dominic O. [Harvard U. (main); Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys.] (ORCID:0000000199395257), Chatterjee, Koushik [Harvard U. (main); Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys.] (ORCID:0000000228253590), Chatterjee, Shami [Cornell U., Radio. Space Res. Ctr.] (ORCID:0000000228781502), Chen, Ming-Tang [Gemini Observ., Hilo] (ORCID:0000000165733318), Chen, Yongjun [Shanghai, Astron. Observ.; Beijing Observ.] (ORCID:0000000156506770), Cheng, Xiaopeng [KASI, DaeJeon] (ORCID:0000000344079868), Cho, Ilje [Granada U., Theor. Phys. Astrophys.; KASI, DaeJeon; Yonsei U.] (ORCID:0000000160837521), Christian, Pierre [Fairfield U.] (ORCID:0000000168209941), Conroy, Nicholas S. [Illinois U., Urbana, Astron. Dept.; Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys.] (ORCID:0000000328862377), Conway, John E. [Chalmers U. Tech.] (ORCID:0000000324489181), Cordes, James M. [Cornell U., Radio. Space Res. Ctr.] (ORCID:0000000240491882), Crawford, Thomas M. [Chicago U., Astron. Astrophys. Ctr.; Chicago U., KICP] (ORCID:0000000190005013), Crew, Geoffrey B. [MIT, LNS] (ORCID:0000000220793189), Cruz-Osorio, Alejandro [Mexico U.; Frankfurt U.] (ORCID:0000000239456342), Cui, Yuzhu [Unlisted, CN; Shanghai Jiao Tong U.] (ORCID:0000000163114345), Dahale, Rohan [Granada U., Theor. Phys. Astrophys.] (ORCID:0000000169829034), Davelaar, Jordy [Princeton U., Astrophys. Sci. Dept.] (ORCID:0000000226852434), De Laurentis, Mariafelicia [INFN, Naples; Frankfurt U.; Naples U.] (ORCID:000000029945682X), Deane, Roger [U. Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Sch. Phys.; Pretoria U.; Rhodes U.] (ORCID:0000000310275043), Dempsey, Jessica [Subaru Telescope; ASTRON, Dwingeloo] (ORCID:0000000312699667), Desvignes, Gregory [Bonn, Max Planck Inst., Radioastron.; LESIA, Meudon] (ORCID:0000000339224055), Dexter, Jason [Colorado U.] (ORCID:0000000339030373), Dhruv, Vedant [Illinois U., Urbana] (ORCID:000000016765877X), Dihingia, Indu K. [Shanghai Jiao Tong U.] (ORCID:0000000240640446), Doeleman, Sheperd S. [Harvard U. (main); Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys.] (ORCID:0000000290310904), Dougall, Sean Taylor [Arizona U., Astron. Dept. - Steward Observ.] (ORCID:0000000237691314), Dzib, Sergio A. [IRAM, St. Martin d'Heres; Bonn, Max Planck Inst., Radioastron.] (ORCID:0000000160106200), Eatough, Ralph P. [NAOC, Beijing; Bonn, Max Planck Inst., Radioastron.] (ORCID:0000000161964135), Emami, Razieh [Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys.] (ORCID:0000000227915011), Falcke, Heino [Nijmegen U., IMAPP] (ORCID:0000000225266724), Farah, Joseph [Las Cumbres Observ.; UC, Santa Barbara] (ORCID:0000000349145625), Fish, Vincent L. [MIT, LNS] (ORCID:0000000271289345), Fomalont, Edward [NRAO, Charlottesville] (ORCID:0000000290362747), Ford, H.Alyson [Arizona U., Astron. Dept. - Steward Observ.] (ORCID:0000000297970972), Foschi, Marianna [Granada U., Theor. Phys. Astrophys.] (ORCID:0000000181474993), Fraga-Encinas, Raquel [Nijmegen U., IMAPP] (ORCID:0000000252221361), Freeman, William T. [MIT; IBM Watson Res. Ctr.], Friberg, Per [Subaru Telescope] (ORCID:0000000280108454), Fuentes, Antonio [Granada U., Theor. Phys. Astrophys.] (ORCID:0000000287734933), Galison, Peter [Harvard U. (main); Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys.; Harvard U.] (ORCID:0000000264293872), Gammie, Charles F. [Illinois U., Urbana; Illinois U., Urbana, Astron. Dept.] (ORCID:0000000174518935), García, Roberto [IRAM, St. Martin d'Heres] (ORCID:0000000265847443), Gentaz, Olivier [IRAM, St. Martin d'Heres] (ORCID:0000000201154605), Georgiev, Boris [Arizona U., Astron. Dept. - Steward Observ.] (ORCID:0000000235866424), Goddi, Ciriaco [Sao Paulo U.; Sao Paulo, Inst. Astron. Geofis.; Cagliari U.; Cagliari Observ.; INFN, Cagliari] (ORCID:0000000225427743), Gold, Roman [Southern Denmark U., CP3-Origins] (ORCID:0000000324921966), Gómez-Ruiz, I. Arturo [INAOE, Puebla; Conacyt, Mexico] (ORCID:0000000193951670), Gómez, José L. [Granada U., Theor. Phys. Astrophys.] (ORCID:0000000341907613), Gu, Minfeng [Shanghai, Astron. Observ.] (ORCID:0000000244556946), Gurwell, Mark [Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys.] (ORCID:0000000306853621), Hada, Kazuhiro [Nagoya U.; KASI, DaeJeon] (ORCID:000000016906772X), Haggard, Daryl [McGill U.] (ORCID:0000000168032138), Haworth, Kari [Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys.], Hecht, Michael H. [MIT, LNS] (ORCID:0000000241144583), Hesper, Ronald [Kapteyn Astron. Inst., Groningen] (ORCID:0000000319186098), Heumann, Dirk [Arizona U., Astron. Dept. - Steward Observ.] (ORCID:0000000276710047). 2024-12-17. The putative center in NGC 1052. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361%2F202450898

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