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X-ray evidence for ultra-fast outflows (UFOs) has been recently reported in a number of local AGNs through the detection of blue-shifted Fe XXV/XXVI absorption lines. We present the results of a comprehensive spectral analysis of a large…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-08-27 F. Tombesi , M. Cappi , R. M. Sambruna , J. N. Reeves , C. S. Reynolds , V. Braito , M. Dadina

Unraveling the origins of radio emissions from radio-quiet active galactic nuclei (RQ AGNs) remains a pivotal challenge in astrophysics. One potential source of this radiation is the shock interaction between AGN disk winds and the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-04-09 Tomoya Yamada , Nobuyuki Sakai , Yoshiyuki Inoue , Tomonari Michiyama

We performed a blind search for narrow absorption features at energies greater than 6.4 keV in a sample of 42 radio-quiet AGNs observed with XMM-Newton. We detect 36 narrow absorption lines on a total of 101 XMM-Newton EPIC pn observations.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 F. Tombesi , M. Cappi , J. N. Reeves , G. G. C. Palumbo , T. Yaqoob , V. Braito , M. Dadina

The radio properties of 11 obscured `radio-intermediate' quasars at redshifts z>~2 have been investigated using the European Very-Long-Baseline-Interferometry Network (EVN) at 1.66 GHz. A sensitivity of ~25 micro Jy per 14x17 mas2 beam was…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 H. -R. Kloeckner , A. Martinez-Sansigre , S. Rawlings , M. A. Garrett

AGN-driven outflows are invoked by galaxy evolutionary models to quench star formation and to explain the origin of the relations observed locally between super massive black holes and their host galaxies. This work aims to detect the…

We present the results of a uniform and systematic search for blue-shifted Fe K absorption lines in the X-ray spectra of five bright Broad-Line Radio Galaxies (BLRGs) observed with Suzaku. We detect, for the first time at X-rays in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 F. Tombesi , R. M. Sambruna , J. N. Reeves , V. Braito , L. Ballo , J. Gofford , M. Cappi , R. F. Mushotzky

This review summarises what we have learnt in the last two decades based on HI 21-cm absorption observations about the cold interstellar medium (ISM) in the central regions of active galaxies and the interplay between this gas and the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-05-15 Raffaella Morganti , Tom Oosterloo

We have selected a sample of 80 candidates for obscured radio-loud active galactic nuclei and presented their basic optical/near-infrared (NIR) properties in Paper 1. In this paper, we present both high-resolution radio continuum images for…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-03-16 Ting Yan , John T. Stocke , Jeremy Darling , Emmanuel Momjian , Soniya Sharma , Nissim Kanekar

The presence of multi-phase outflows in low ionisation nuclear emission-line regions (LINERs) has been confirmed to be frequent, but the mechanisms that launch them are still under study. We aim to explore the connections between the…

8.4-GHZ radio imaging study of an optically selected sample of early type Seyfert galaxies; comparison of images taken at two epochs reveals possible variation in the nuclear radio flux density in five of them over a seven year period. It…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-25 C. G. Mundell , N. Nagar , P. Ferruit

To investigate AGN outflows as a tracer of AGN feedback on star-formation, we perform integral-field spectroscopy of 20 type 2 AGNs at z<0.1, which are luminous AGNs with the [O III] luminosity >10$^{41.5}$ erg/s, and exhibit strong outflow…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-03-15 Hyun-Jin Bae , Jong-Hak Woo , Marios Karouzos , Elena Gallo , Helene Flohic , Yue Shen , Suk-Jin Yoon

We report on the study of an intriguing active galaxy that was selected as a potential multiple supermassive black hole merger in the early-type host SDSS J151709.20+335324.7 (z=0.135). Ground-based SDSS imaging reveals two blue structures…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 D. J. Rosario , G. A. Shields , G. B. Taylor , S. Salviander , K. L. Smith

We present spatially resolved maps of morphology, kinematics, and energetics of warm ionized gas in six powerful radio galaxies at z=3.5-4, using JWST/NIRSpec IFU to quantify jet-driven feedback in the early universe. All sources exhibit…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-08-12 Namrata Roy , Timothy Heckman , Alaina Henry

The energetic feedback that is generated by radio jets in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) has been suggested to be able to produce fast outflows of atomic hydrogen (HI) gas that can be studied in absorption at high spatial resolution. We have…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-09-19 R. Schulz , R. Morganti , K. Nyland , Z. Paragi , E. K. Mahony , T. Oosterloo

AGN activity is known to drive fast outflows of gas. We report the discovery of fast outflows of neutral gas with velocities over 1000 km/s in a number of radio galaxies. In the best studied object, 3C~293, the kinematical properties of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 T. A. Oosterloo , R. Morganti , B. H. C. Emonts , C. N. Tadhunter

As part of the QUADROS project to quantify the impact of AGN-driven outflows in rapidly evolving galaxies in the local universe, we present observations of 8 nearby ULIRGs ($0.04 < z < 0.2$) taken with the ISIS spectrograph on the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-05-16 R. A. W. Spence , C. Tadhunter , M. Rose , J. Rodríguez Zaurín

As part of our KMOS AGN Survey at High-redshift (KASHz), we present spatially-resolved VLT/KMOS and VLT/SINFONI spectroscopic data and ALMA 870$\mu$m continuum imaging of eight $z$=1.4--2.6 moderate AGN ($L_{\rm 2-10 \rm kev}$ = $10^{42} -…

We report the discovery of a new 21-cm HI absorption system using commissioning data from the Boolardy Engineering Test Array of the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP). Using the 711.5 - 1015.5 MHz band of ASKAP we were…

Neutral atomic hydrogen and molecular gas in the host galaxies of radio active galactic nuclei (AGN) can be traced using H I 21-cm and OH-1667 MHz absorption lines to understand the fueling and feedback processes. We present the results of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-07-01 Yogesh Chandola , D. J. Saikia , Yin-Zhe Ma , Zheng Zheng , Chao-Wei Tsai , Di Li , Denis Tramonte , Hengxing Pan

We present the results of a 21-cm HI survey of 27 local massive gas-rich late-stage mergers and merger remnants with the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT). These remnants were selected from the Quasar/ULIRG Evolution Study (QUEST)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-12 Stacy H. Teng , Sylvain Veilleux , Andrew J. Baker