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Testing the blast-wave AGN feedback scenario in MCG-03-58-007

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2019-08-21 v2

Abstract

We report the first Atacama large millimeter/submillimeter array observations of MCG-03-58-007, a local (z=0.03236±0.00002z=0.03236\pm0.00002, this work) AGN (LAGN1045 erg s1L_{AGN}\sim10^{45}~\rm erg~s^{-1}), hosting a powerful X-ray ultra-fast (v=0.1cv=0.1c) outflow (UFO). The CO(1-0) line emission is observed across 18\sim18\,kpc scales with a resolution of 1kpc\sim 1\,\rm kpc. About 78\% of the CO(1-0) luminosity traces a galaxy-size rotating disk. However, after subtracting the emission due to such rotating disk, we detect with a S/N=20 a residual emission in the central 4\sim 4\,kpc. Such residuals may trace a low velocity (vLOS=170kms1v_{LOS}=170\,\rm km\,s^{-1}) outflow. We compare the momentum rate and kinetic power of such putative molecular outflow with that of the X-ray UFO and find P˙out/P˙UFO=0.3±0.2\dot{P}_{out}/\dot{P}_{UFO}=0.3\pm0.2 and E˙mol/E˙UFO4103\dot{E}_{mol}/\dot{E}_{UFO}\sim4\cdot10^{-3}. This result is at odds with the energy-conserving scenario suggested by the large momentum boosts measured in some other molecular outflows. An alternative interpretation of the residual CO emission would be a compact rotating structure, distinct from the main disk, which would be a factor of 10100\sim10-100 more extended and massive than typical circumnuclear disks revealed in Seyferts. However, in both scenarios, our results rule out the hypothesis of a momentum-boosted molecular outflow in this AGN, despite the presence of a powerful X-ray UFO. [Abridged]

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@article{arxiv.1906.00985,
  title  = {Testing the blast-wave AGN feedback scenario in MCG-03-58-007},
  author = {Mattia Sirressi and Claudia Cicone and Paola Severgnini and Valentina Braito and Massimo Dotti and Roberto Della Ceca and James Reeves and Gabriele Matzeu and Cristian Vignali and Lucia Ballo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.00985},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

Accepted for publication in MNRAS. 13 pages, 11 figures

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