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A majority of JWST/NIRSpec/IFU studies at high redshifts to date have focused on UV-bright or massive objects, while our understanding of low-mass galaxies at early cosmic times remains limited. In this work, we present NIRSpec/IFS…

Recent advances in observations have provided a wealth of measurements of the expansions of outflows in galactic discs out to large radii in a variety of galactic hosts. To provide an updated baseline for the interpretation of such data,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-04-17 N. Menci , F. Fiore , C. Feruglio , A. Lamastra , F. Shankar , E. Piconcelli , E. Giallongo , A. Grazian

We investigate the interplay between jets from Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) and the surrounding InterStellar Medium (ISM) through full 3D, high resolution, Adaptive Mesh Refinement simulations performed with the FLASH code. We follow the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-03-17 S. Cielo , V. Antonuccio-Delogu , A. V. Macciò , A. D. Romeo , J. Silk

In this work, we investigate the strength and impact of ionised gas outflows within $z \sim 0.04$ MaNGA galaxies. We find evidence for outflows in 322 galaxies ($12\%$ of the analysed line-emitting sample), 185 of which show evidence for…

Active galactic nucleus (AGN)-driven gas outflows are one of the best tracers of AGN feedback in action, as these powerful outflows expel/heat or compress the surrounding interstellar medium (ISM), thus quenching or enhancing star-forming…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-02-10 Ruisong Xia , Chen Qin , Huynh Anh N. Le , Yongquan Xue , Shifu Zhu , Mengqiu Huang , Hao Liu , Xiaozhi Lin

We use the TNG50 cosmological magnetohydrodynamical simulation of the IllustrisTNG project to show that magnetic fields in the circumgalactic medium (CGM) have significant angular structure. This azimuthal anisotropy at fixed distance is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-10-11 Rahul Ramesh , Dylan Nelson , Volker Heesen , Marcus Brüggen

Observations of quasar absorption line systems reveal that the z=3 intergalactic medium (IGM) is polluted by heavy elements down to HI optical depths tau_HI<<10. What is not yet clear, however, is what fraction of the volume needs to be…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 C. M. Booth , Joop Schaye , J. D. Delgado , Claudio Dalla Vecchia

Outflows driven by active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are often invoked as agents of the long-sought AGN feedback. Yet, characterizing and quantifying the impact on their host galaxies has been challenging. We present Gemini Multi-Object…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-03-23 Marios Karouzos , Jong-Hak Woo , Hyun-Jin Bae

Galactic-wide outflows driven by active galactic nuclei (AGNs) is a routinely invoked feedback mechanism in galaxy evolution models. Hitherto, the interplay among the interstellar gas on galactic scales, the propagation of AGN outflows and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-11-04 Zhicheng He , Zhifu Chen , Guilin Liu , Tinggui Wang , Luis C. Ho , Junxian Wang , Weihao Bian , Zheng Cai , Guobin Mou , Qiusheng Gu , Zhiwen Wang

We investigate the evolution of the metallicity of the intergalactic medium (IGM) with particular emphasis on its spatial distribution. We propose that metal enrichment occurs as a two step process. First, supernova (SN) explosions eject…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Andrea Ferrara , Max Pettini , Yuri Shchekinov

There is compelling evidence that active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in high-density regions have undergone a different evolution than their counterparts in the field, indicating that they are strongly affected by their environment. To…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-02-06 E. Koulouridis , A. Gkini , E. Drigga

Multi-phase fast, massive outflows have been postulated to play a crucial role in galaxy evolution. The aim of this work is to constrain the nature and the fraction of outflowing gas in AGNs, as well as the nuclear conditions possibly at…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-07-12 Michele Perna , Giorgio Lanzuisi , Marcella Brusa , Marco Mignoli , Giovanni Cresci

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

Galactic outflows play a major role in the evolution of galaxies and the intergalactic medium (IGM). The energy deposited into the interstellar medium by supernovae and active galactic nuclei can accelerate the gas past the escape velocity,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-10-06 Hugo Martel

Feedback likely plays a vital role in the formation of dwarf galaxies. While stellar processes have long been considered the main source of feedback, recent studies have revealed tantalizing signs of AGN feedback in dwarf galaxies. In this…

The systematic analysis of optical large-scale surveys has revealed a population of dwarf galaxies hosting AGN, which have been confirmed by X-ray follow-up observations. Recently, the MaNGA survey identified six dwarf galaxies that appear…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-01-09 Sophie Koudmani , Debora Sijacki , Martin A. Bourne , Matthew C. Smith

We have examined the metal enrichment of the intergalactic medium (IGM) based on a galactic wind model. A galactic wind driven by supernovae brings metallic gas to the IGM but not so far beyond the gravitational potential. The expanding…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Izumi Murakami , Kazuyuki Yamashita

We investigate the process of rapid star formation quenching in a sample of 12 massive galaxies at intermediate redshift (z~0.6) that host high-velocity ionized gas outflows (v>1000 km/s). We conclude that these fast outflows are most…

We use cosmological hydrodynamical simulations to examine the physical properties of the gas in the circumgalactic media (CGM) of star-forming galaxies as a function of angular orientation. We utilise TNG50 of the IllustrisTNG project, as…

The true importance of the warm, AGN-driven outflows for the evolution of galaxies remains uncertain. Measurements of the radial extents of the outflows are key for quantifying their masses and kinetic powers, and also establishing whether…