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We present an optical spectroscopic study of a 90% complete sample of 17 nearby ULIRGs with optical Seyfert nuclei, with the aim of investigating the nature of the nuclear warm gas outflows. A high proportion (94%) of our sample show…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 J. Rodriguez Zaurin , C. N. Tadhunter , M. Rose , J. Holt

Both jets and ionized outflows in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are thought to play important roles in affecting the star formation and evolution of host galaxies, but their relationship is still unclear. As a pilot study, we performed a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-01-14 Yijun Wang , Tao Wang , Junjie Mao , Yerong Xu , Zhicheng He , Zheng Zhou , Chen Li , Yongquan Xue , Jiayi Chen , Fangzheng Shi , Missagh Mehdipour

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

Broad-band polarimetry and spectropolarimetry of a complete sample of 18 luminous AGNs (Lbol > 10^11.5 Lsun), selected in an orientation-independent way by warm infrared flux, shows that an orientation-dust-covering Unified Scheme like that…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Beverley J. Wills , Dean C. Hines

We report on quasar outflow properties revealed by analyzing more than 60 composite outflow spectra built from $\sim 60\,000$ CIV absorption troughs in the SDSS-III/BOSS DR12QBAL catalog. We assess the dependences of the equivalent widths…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-01-08 Lluís Mas-Ribas

We present new results from our study of the X-rayed outflow of the z = 3.91 gravitationally lensed broad absorption line (BAL) quasar APM 08279+5255. These results are based on spectral fits to all the long exposure observations of APM…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 C. Saez , G. Chartas

We analyze VLT/UVES observations of the quasar SDSS J024221.87+004912.6. We identify four absorption outflow systems: a CIV BAL at $v\approx -18,000 \text{ km s}^{-1}$, and three narrower low-ionization systems with centroid velocities…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-03-21 Doyee Byun , Nahum Arav , Patrick B. Hall

Outflows from active galactic nuclei (AGNs) seem to be common and are thought to be important from a variety of perspectives: as an agent of chemical enhancement of the interstellar and intergalactic media, as an agent of angular momentum…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Rajib Ganguly , Michael S. Brotherton

Context. Quasar outflows are key players in the feedback processes that influence the evolution of galaxies and the intergalactic medium. The chemical abundance of these outflows provides crucial insights into their origin and impact. Aims.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-01-15 Maryam Dehghanian , Nahum Arav , Mayank Sharma , Doyee Byun , Gwen Walker

We present high resolution, high SNR spectra of the QSO Q2206-199 obtained with HIRES on the 10m W.M. Keck Telescope. Our analysis focuses on the two previously identified damped \lya systems found at $z=1.920$ and $z=2.076$. For each…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Jason X. Prochaska , Arthur M. Wolfe

We present X-shooter at the Vewry Large Telescope observations of a sample of 10 luminous, X-ray obscured QSOs at z$\sim1.5$ from the XMM-COSMOS survey, expected to be caught in the transitioning phase from starburst to active galactic…

(abridged) We study and compare the warm (>100 K) and cold (<100 K) material toward the high-mass star-forming region IRAS 23385+6053 (IRAS 23385 hereafter) combining high angular resolution observations in the mid-infrared (MIR) with the…

The presence of a ``warm absorber'' was first suggested to explain spectral variability in an X-ray spectrum of the radio-quiet QSO MR2251-178. A unified picture, in which X-ray warm absorbers and ``intrinsic'' UV absorbers are the same,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. M. Monier , S. Mathur , B. Wilkes , M. Elvis

Determining the distance of quasar absorption outflows from the central source (R) and their kinetic luminosity are crucial for understanding their contribution to active galactic nucleus (AGN) feedback. Here we summarize the results for a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-07 Timothy R. Miller , Nahum Arav , Xinfeng Xu , Gerard A. Kriss

AGN-driven outflows are now routinely used in models of galaxy evolution as a feedback mechanism, however many of their properties remain highly uncertain. Perhaps the greatest source of uncertainty is the electron density of the outflowing…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-01-25 Luke R. Holden , Clive N. Tadhunter , Raffaella Morganti , Tom Oosterloo

We report the serendipitous discovery of an absorption feature at 4.8 keV in the NuSTAR spectra of ESP 39607, a Seyfert 2 galaxy at $z = 0.201$, observed in May 2023 and August 2024. The feature is detected in both observations with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-01 Alessandro Peca , Michael J. Koss , Roberto Serafinelli , Claudio Ricci , C. Megan Urry , Giulia Cerini , Peter G. Boorman

Ionized outflows in Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are thought to influence their nuclear and local galactic environment. However, the distance of the outflows with respect to the central engine is poorly constrained, which limits our…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-11-22 Junjie Mao , J. S. Kaastra , M. Mehdipour , A. J. J. Raassen , Liyi Gu , J. M. Miller

We report interferometric observations of the VeLLO L1521F-IRS, in 12CO (2-1) line emission and the 1.3 mm continuum emission, using the Submillimeter Array (SMA). With the 12CO high-resolution observations, we have spatially resolved a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-16 Satoko Takahashi , Nagayoshi Ohashi , Tyler Bourke

We have used the Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) on the Hinode spacecraft to observe large areas of outflow near an active region. These outflows are seen to persist for at least 6 days. The emission line profiles suggest…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Paul Bryans , Peter R Young , George A Doschek