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Dense Ionized Outflow with Five Narrow Components in a Dust-obscured Galaxy

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2026-05-14 v1

Abstract

We present our discovery of a complex ionized outflow in SDSS J101034.28+372514.7 (J1010+3725), a dust-obscured galaxy (DOG) at z=0.282z=0.282. The SDSS optical spectrum of J1010+3725 shows five narrow components with one broad component in [O{\,\sc iii}]λ\lambda5007, which represents one of the most complex outflow structures observed among dusty active galactic nuclei. Spectrum fitting shows that the five narrow components have a wide range of velocity shifts (from 1475-1475 to +507+507 km s1^{-1}). The possible multiple peaks are also observed in [O{\,\sc iii}]λ\lambda4363 and [Ne{\,\sc iii}]λ\lambda3868, which allows us to investigate the physical condition of the outflowing gas by comparing the measured emission-line flux ratios with photoionization models. The comparison suggests that the five outflowing components are characterized by high hydrogen densities (105\gtrsim 10^5 cm3^{-3}). Our results imply that the five highly dense gas components may be outflowing with multiple bulk velocities at the innermost part of the narrow-line region in J1010+3725.

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@article{arxiv.2604.16822,
  title  = {Dense Ionized Outflow with Five Narrow Components in a Dust-obscured Galaxy},
  author = {Taketo Yoshida and Tohru Nagao and Yoshiki Toba and Naomichi Yutani and Thomas Bohn and Kohei Shibata and Nozomu Tamada},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.16822},
  year   = {2026}
}

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12 pages, 6 figures, 2 tables, accepted for publication in ApJ

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