Chandra Detection of the Circumnuclear Molecular Torus of the Compton
  Thick AGN in NGC 5643
  We report a clumpy elongated feature found with deep Chandra ACIS
high-resolution imaging of the Fe K{\alpha} line emission in the nuclear region
of the Compton Thick Active Galactic Nucleus (CT AGN) galaxy NGC 5643. This
feature extends for ~65 pc N-S. No corresponding feature is seen in the 3.0-6.0
keV continuum. The Fe K{\alpha} feature is spatially consistent with the N-S
elongation found in the CO(2-1) high resolution imaging with ALMA
(Alonso-Herrero et al 2018), but slightly more extended than the rotating
molecular disk of r=26 pc indicated by the kinematics of the CO(2-1) line. The
Chandra detection of a corresponding N-S structure in the neutral Fe K{\alpha}
line, would argue for both CO and Fe K{\alpha} emission originating from the
obscuring torus.
