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We analyze the physical conditions in the low-ionization component of starburst outflows (in contrast to the high-ionization wind fluid observed in X-rays), based on new Keck/LRIS spectroscopy of partially resolved absorption troughs in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Crystal L. Martin , Nicolas Bouche

We report on XMM-Newton spectroscopic observations of the luminous, radio-quiet quasar PDS 456. The hard X-ray spectrum of PDS 456 shows a deep absorption trough (constituting 50% of the continuum) at energies above 7 keV in the quasar rest…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 James Reeves , Paul O'Brien , Martin Ward

We present observations of ionized gas outflows in eleven z$ =1.39-2.59$ radio-loud quasar host galaxies. Data was taken with the integral field spectrograph (IFS) OSIRIS and the adaptive optics system at the W.M. Keck Observatory targeting…

We employ detailed photoionization models to infer the physical conditions of intrinsic narrow absorption line systems found in high resolution spectra of three quasars at z=2.6-3.0. We focus on a family of intrinsic absorbers characterized…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Jian Wu , Jane C. Charlton , Toru Misawa , Michael Eracleous , Rajib Ganguly

X-ray absorption line spectroscopy has recently shown evidence for previously unknown Ultra-fast Outflows (UFOs) in radio-quiet AGNs. In the previous paper of this series we defined UFOs as those absorbers with an outflow velocity higher…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 F. Tombesi , M. Cappi , J. N. Reeves , G. G. C. Palumbo , V. Braito , M. Dadina

We present long-slit near-infrared spectroscopic observations of six nearby (z$\sim$0.1) radio-quiet type-2 quasars (QSO2s) from the Quasar Feedback (QSOFEED) sample. They have bolometric luminosities of $10^{45-46}~erg~s^{-1}$ and stellar…

We describe two studies designed to characterize the total column densities, kinetic energies, and acceleration physics of broad absorption line (BAL) outflows in quasars. The first study uses new Chandra X-ray and ground-based rest-frame…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-02-04 Fred Hamann , Daniel Capellupo , George Chartas , Sean McGraw , Paola Rodriguez Hidalgo , Joseph Shields , Jane Charlton , Michael Eracleous

We used the CRIRES spectrograph on the VLT to study the ro-vibrational 12CO/13CO, the Pfund beta and H2 emission between 4.59 and 4.72mu wavelengths toward the BN object, the disk candidate source n, and a proposed dust density enhancement…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 H. Beuther , H. Linz , A. Bik. , M. Goto , Th. Henning

We report on a variable high-velocity narrow absorption line outflow in the redshift 2.3 quasar J2123-0050. Five distinct outflow systems are detected with velocity shifts from -9710 to -14,050 km/s and CIV 1548,1551 line widths of FWHM =…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 F. Hamann , N. Kanekar , J. X. Prochaska , M. T. Murphy , S. Ellison , A. L. Malec , N. Milutinovic , W. Ubachs

We present absorption line analysis of the outflow in the quasar IRAS F04250-5718. Far-ultraviolet data from the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph onboard the Hubble Space Telescope reveal intrinsic narrow absorption lines from high ionization…

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…

Absorption outflows in quasars play an important role in understanding active galactic nuclei (AGN) feedback and their influence on galaxy evolution. The unprecedented spectral data provided by the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-06-02 Maryam Dehghanian , Nahum Arav , Mayank Sharma , Gwen Walker , Kyle Johnston , Matthew Kaupin , Justin Gandhi

Ionized outflows are ubiquitous in non radio-loud obscured quasars (QSO2s) at different redshifts. We search for large-scale ionized outflows associated with six optically selected QSO2 (five non-radio-loud and one radio-loud) at $z\sim$…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-06-19 Enrica Bellocchi , Montserrat Villar Martín , Antonio Cabrera-Lavers , Bjorn Emonts

We analyze Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer observations of nine low-redshift (z < 0.1) Palomar-Green quasar host galaxies to investigate the spatial distribution and kinematics of the warm, ionized interstellar medium, with the goal of…

We report the detection of an ionized gas outflow from an $X$-ray active galactic nucleus (AGN) hosted in a massive quiescent galaxy in a protocluster at $z=3.09$ (J221737.29+001823.4). It is a type-2 QSO with broad ($W_{80}>1000$ km…

Although now routinely incorporated into hydrodynamic simulations of galaxy evolution, the true importance of the feedback effect of the outflows driven by active galactic nuclei (AGN) remains uncertain from an observational perspective.…

High resolution X-ray spectroscopy of the warm absorber in the nearby quasar, MR2251-178 (z = 0.06398) is presented. The observations were carried out in 2011 using the Chandra High Energy Transmission Grating and the XMM-Newton Reflection…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 J. N. Reeves , D. Porquet , V. Braito , J. Gofford , E. Nardini , T. J. Turner , D. M. Crenshaw , S. B. Kraemer

We present a detailed study of the kinematics of 19 QSO2s in the range 0.3<z<0.41 and [OIII] luminosities $L_{[OIII]} > 10^{8.5}$L$_{\odot}$. We aim at advancing our understanding of the AGN feedback phenomenon by correlating outflow…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-12-13 K. Hervella Seoane , C. Ramos Almeida , J. A. Acosta Pulido , G. Speranza , C. N. Tadhunter , P. S. Bessiere

We have identified ionized outflows in the narrow line region of all but one SDSS type 2 quasars (QSO2) at z<~0.1 (20/21, detection rate 95%), implying that this is a ubiquitous phenomenon in this object class also at the lowest z. The…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 M. Villar Martin , B. Emonts , A. Humphrey , A. Cabrera Lavers , L. Binette

In this letter we report the detection of a strong and extremely blueshifted X-ray absorption feature in the 1 Ms Chandra spectrum of CXO CDFS J033260.0-274748, a quasar at z = 2.579 with L_2-10keV ~ 4x10^44 ergs/s. The broad absorption…