Abstract
We present two-dimensional (2D) near-infrared spectra of the inner 3^{"}× 3^{"} of the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 5929 at a spatial resolution of ∼ 20 pc obtained with the Gemini NIFS. We report the discovery of a linear structure ∼ 300 pc in extent and of ∼ 50 pc in width oriented perpendicular to the radio jet, showing broadened emission-line profiles. While over most of the field the emission-line profiles have full-widths-at -half-maximum (FWHM) of ≈ 200km s^{-1}, at the linear structure perpendicular do the radio jet the emission-line FWHMs are twice this value, and are due to two velocity components, one blueshifted and the other redshifted relative to the systemic velocity. We attribute these velocities to an outflow from the nucleus which is launched perpendicular to the radio jet. This means that: (1) both ionizing radiation and relativistic particles are escaping through holes in the torus perpendicular to the radio jet; and/or (2) the torus is also outflowing, as proposed by recent models of tori as winds from the outer parts of an accretion flow; or (3) the torus is absent in NGC 5929.
