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We present a tomographic analysis of metal absorption lines arising from the circumgalactic medium (CGM) of galaxies at z~0.5-2, using Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) observations of two background quasars at z~2.2 and 2.8, which…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-01-09 Rajeshwari Dutta , Ana Acebron , Michele Fumagalli , Claudio Grillo , Gabriel B. Caminha , Matteo Fossati

We study cool neutral gas traced by NaD absorption in 140 local ($\rm z<0.1)$ early-type ``red geyser'' galaxies. These galaxies show unique signatures in spatially-resolved strong-line emission maps that have been interpreted as…

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

Cold gaseous systems play important roles in galaxy evolution by possibly providing fuel to ignite active galactic nuclei (AGN) activity and star-formation. In this work, we analyze [CII]$158\rm \mu m$ and continuum observations from ALMA…

We study molecular outflows in a sample of 45 local galaxies, both star forming and AGN, primarily by using CO data from the ALMA archive and from the literature. For a subsample we also compare the molecular outflow with the ionized and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-02-27 A. Fluetsch , R. Maiolino , S. Carniani , A. Marconi , C. Cicone , M. A. Bourne , T. Costa , A. C. Fabian , W. Ishibashi , G. Venturi

I report recent results on the kinematics of the inner few hundred parsecs (pc) around nearby active galactic nuclei (AGN) at a sampling of a few pc to a few tens of pc, using optical and near-infrared (near-IR) integral field spectroscopy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-15 Thaisa Storchi-Bergmann

Using deep (11.2hr) VLT/MUSE data from the MEGAFLOW survey, we report the first detection of extended MgII emission from a galaxy's halo that is probed by a quasar sightline. The MgII $\lambda\lambda$ 2796,2803 emission around the $z =…

We survey the incidence and absorption strength of the metal-line transitions CII 1334 and CIV from the circumgalactic medium (CGM) surrounding z~2 quasars, which act as signposts for massive dark matter halos M_halo~10^12.5 Msun. On scales…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-22 J. Xavier Prochaska , Marie Wingyee Lau , Joseph F. Hennawi

We present results from a spectroscopically blind search for associated and intervening HI 21-cm and OH 18-cm absorption lines towards 88 AGNs at $2\le z\le5$ using the upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (uGMRT). The sample of AGNs…

We consider if outflowing winds that are detected via narrow absorption lines (NALs) with FWHM of $<$ 500 km/s (i.e., NAL outflows) in quasar spectra contribute to feedback. As our sample, we choose 11 NAL systems in eight optically…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-08-01 Toru Misawa , Jane C. Charlton , Michael Eracleous

Galactic-scale outflows are a crucial component of galaxy evolution, yet their properties in the early universe remain poorly constrained. We present the first statistical investigation of \ion{Mg}{2}-traced cool gas outflows in galaxies…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-02-25 Cheqiu Lyu , Haoran Yu , Enci Wang , Junxian Wang , Cheng Jia , Jie Song , Yangyao Chen , Jinyang Wang , Zeyu Chen , Chengyu Ma , Yifan Wang , Xu Kong

Understanding the circumgalactic medium (CGM) distribution of galaxies is the key to revealing the dynamical exchange of materials between galaxies and their surroundings. In this work, we use DESI EDR dataset to investigate the cool CGM of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-01-13 Zeyu Chen , Enci Wang , Hu Zou , Siwei Zou , Yang Gao , Huiyuan Wang , Haoran Yu , Cheng Jia , Haixin Li , Chengyu Ma , Yao Yao , Weiyu Ding , Runyu Zhu

We outline theoretical predictions for extended emission from MgII, tracing cool ~10^4 K gas in the circumgalactic medium (CGM) of star-forming galaxies in the high-resolution TNG50 cosmological magnetohydrodynamical simulation. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-08-11 Dylan Nelson , Chris Byrohl , Celine Peroux , Kate H. R. Rubin , Joseph N. Burchett

The physical properties of galactic winds are one of the keys to understand galaxy formation and evolution. These properties can be constrained thanks to background quasar lines of sight (LOS) passing near star-forming galaxies (SFGs). We…

HI-rich absorbers seen within quasar spectra contain the bulk of neutral gas in the Universe. However, the spatial extent of these reservoirs are not extensively studied due to the pencil beam nature of quasar sightlines. Using two giant…

We present an empirical connection between cold gas in galactic halos and star formation. Using a sample of more than 8,500 MgII absorbers from SDSS quasar spectra, we report the detection of a 15 sigma correlation between the rest…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-06-25 Brice Ménard , Vivienne Wild , Daniel Nestor , Anna Quider , Stefano Zibetti

We describe the kinematics of circumgalactic gas near the galactic plane, combining new measurements of galaxy rotation curves and spectroscopy of background quasars. The sightlines pass within 19--93 kpc of the target galaxy and generally…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-02-10 Stephanie H. Ho , Crystal L. Martin , Glenn G. Kacprzak , Christopher W. Churchill

While quiescent galaxies have comparable amounts of cool gas in their outer circumgalactic medium (CGM) compared to star-forming galaxies, they have significantly less interstellar gas. However, open questions remain on the processes…

We statistically study the physical properties of a sample of narrow absorption line (NAL) systems looking for empirical evidences to distinguish between intrinsic and intervening NALs without taking into account any a priori definition or…

We have initiated a survey of MgII 2796, 2803 absorbers near known galaxies at projected distances rho<~100 h^-1 kpc to a background QSO, in order to constrain the extent and covering fraction of Mg^+ ions around galaxies of different…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Hsiao-Wen Chen , Jeremy L. Tinker
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