A parsec-scale cm–to–sub-mm SED study of the compact radio jet components in NGC 1068

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2026
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Abstract
Abstract We present parsec-scale cm–to–sub-mm spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of the compact radio-jet components NE, C, S2, and S3 in the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 1068. Matched-uv e-MERLIN, VLA, and ALMA imaging spans 4.5–706 GHz at a common 0.06-arcsec resolution and 15–3300 kλ uv-coverage. Spatial-blending tests show weak inter-component covariance, less than 1 per cent direct neighbour-induced flux transfer, and a maximum S2 perturbation of 8.4 per cent across the 18.9–22.9-GHz turnover region, corresponding to |Δνcl| ≲ 1.6 GHz or |Δfcov| ≲ 0.06. Bayesian MCMC modelling with synchrotron emission, free–free emission, and free–free absorption yields steep intrinsic synchrotron indices, αsy ≃ −0.9 to −1.7. The cut-off is lowest in C, $\nu _{\rm c}=420^{+146}_{-103}$ GHz. NE and S3 have measured cut-offs of $634^{+244}_{-225}$ and $598^{+264}_{-231}$ GHz, respectively, whereas S2 yields only the lower limit νc > 418 GHz. A partial-covering absorber is favoured for all four components (ΔAIC = 6.6–30.1; ΔBIC = 4.3–28.0). NE, C, and S3 have comparable clump-opacity scales, νcl ≃ 11–12 GHz, and covering factors, fcov ≃ 0.43–0.53, with C additionally requiring diffuse absorption. S2 is the clear exception, with $\nu _{\rm cl}=26.0^{+1.8}_{-2.1}$ GHz and $f_{\rm cov}=0.83^{+0.05}_{-0.07}$; its opacity scale differs from those of the other components by approximately 4.8–5.6σ. The results support a sightline-dependent ionised medium in which S2 intersects the densest and most strongly covering absorber, plausibly near the torus–inner-NLR interface. No off-nuclear component requires a significant mm–sub-mm excess above the synchrotron model.
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Authors I. M. Mutie, S. del Palacio, D. R. Williams, R. J. Beswick, S. Aalto, Violette C M Impellizzeri, John S Gallagher, J. F. Gallimore
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Journal monthly notices of the royal astronomical society
Year 2026
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10.1093/mnras/stag1693
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https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/mnras/stag1693/71130187/stag1693.pdf
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