The Galaxy Activity, Torus and Outflow Survey (GATOS): II. Torus and
  polar dust emission in nearby Seyfert galaxies
  We compare mid-IR and ALMA far-IR images of 12 nearby Seyferts selected from
GATOS. The mid-IR unresolved emission contributes more than 60% of the nuclear
emission in most galaxies. By contrast, the ALMA 870micron continuum emission
is mostly resolved and typically along the torus equatorial direction (Paper I,
Garcia-Burillo et al. 2021). The Eddington ratios and nuclear hydrogen column
densities NH of half the sample are favorable to launching polar and/or
equatorial dusty winds, according to simulations. Six show mid-IR extended
emission in the polar direction as traced by the NLR and perpendicular to the
ALMA emission. In a few, the nuclear NH might be too high to uplift large
quantities of dusty material along the polar direction. Five galaxies have low
NH and/or Eddington ratios and thus polar dusty winds are not likely. We
generate new CAT3D-WIND disk-wind model images. At low wind-to-disk cloud
ratios the far-IR model images have disk- and ring-like morphologies. The
X-shape associated with dusty winds is seen better in the far-IR at
intermediate-high inclinations for the extended-wind configurations. In most
models, the mid-IR emission comes from the inner part of the disk/cone.
Extended bi-conical and one-sided polar mid-IR emission is seen in
extended-wind configurations and high wind-to-disk cloud ratios. When convolved
to our resolution, the model images reproduce qualitative aspects of the
observed morphologies. Low-intermediate wind-to-disk ratios are required to
account for the large fractions of unresolved mid-IR emission. This work and
Paper I provide observational support for the torus+wind scenario. The wind
component is more relevant at high Eddington ratios and/or AGN luminosities,
and polar dust emission is predicted at NH of up to $10^{24}$cm$^{-2}$. The
torus/disk component, on the other hand, prevails at low luminosities and/or
Eddington ratios. (Abridged)
