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Galactic outflows driven by rapidly-accreting quasars at high redshift are widely expected to play a key role in the short- and long-term future evolution of their host galaxies. Using new and archival ALMA data, we observed the OH 119um…

The luminous narrow line Seyfert galaxy PG1211+143 was the first non-BAL AGN to reveal a powerful ionized wind, based on early observations with ESA's XMM-Newton X-ray Observatory. Subsequent observations, mainly with XMM-Newton and the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-23 Ken Pounds , Kim Page

Ultra-fast outflows (UFOs) with mildly relativistic velocities are frequently observed in active galactic nuclei (AGNs). The line-force-driving mechanism is often taken as a potential mechanism for driving UFOs. Due to the line-force-driven…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-06 Luobin Tang , Xiaohong Yang , Defu Bu

We observed the X-ray-bright ultra-luminous infrared galaxy, IRAS 05189$-$2524, with XRISM during its performance verification phase. The unprecedented energy resolution of the onboard X-ray microcalorimeter revealed complex spectral…

While stellar processes are believed to be the main source of feedback in dwarf galaxies, the accumulating discoveries of AGN in dwarf galaxies over recent years arouse the interest to also consider AGN feedback in them. Fast, AGN-driven…

Markarian 817 is a bright and variable Seyfert-1.2 active galactic nucleus (AGN). X-ray monitoring of Mrk 817 with the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory in 2022 revealed that the source flux had declined to a lower level than recorded at any…

We suggest a common physical origin connecting the fast, highly ionized winds (UFOs) seen in nearby AGN, and the slower and less ionized winds of BAL QSOs. The primary difference is the mass loss rate in the wind, which is ultimately…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-15 Kastytis Zubovas , Andrew R. King

We present the results of a uniform analysis of the soft X-ray spectra of fifteen type I AGN observed with the high resolution X-ray gratings on board \emph{Chandra}. We found that ten of the fifteen AGN exhibit signatures of an intrinsic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-19 Barry McKernan , Tahir Yaqoob , Chris Reynolds

We present a detailed X-ray spectral study of the quasar PG 1211+143 based on Chandra High Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer (HETGS) observations collected in a multi-wavelength campaign with UV data using the Hubble Space Telescope…

We are conducting a systematic study of highly-ionised outflows in AGN using archival Suzaku data. To date we have analysed 59 observations of 45 AGN using a combined energy-intensity contour plot and Montecarlo method. We find that ~36%…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2012-01-17 J. A. Gofford , J. N. Reeves , V. Braito , F. Tombesi

We investigate the ionized gas kinematics relationship with X-ray, radio and accreting properties using a sample of 348 nearby ($z < 0.4$) SDSS-FIRST-X-ray detected AGNs. X-ray properties of our sample are obtained from XMM-$Newton$,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-11-01 Ashraf Ayubinia , Yongquan Xue , Jong-Hak Woo , Huynh Anh Nguyen Le , Zhicheng He , Halime Miraghaei , Xiaozhi Lin

Highly ionised winds with velocities ~ 0.1-0.2c were first detected in X-ray spectra of non-BAL AGN a decade ago. Subsequent observations and archival searches have shown such winds to be a common feature of luminous AGN, increasing the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 Ken Pounds

Powerful winds at accretion-disk scales have been observed in the past 20 years in many AGN. These are the so-called ultrafast outflows (UFOs). Outflows are intimately related to mass accretion through the conservation of angular momentum,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-03-18 Fabrizio Fiore , Massimo Gaspari , Alfredo Luminari , Paolo Tozzi , Lucilla De Arcangelis

We present the results of a new spectroscopic study of Fe K-band absorption in Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN). Using data obtained from the Suzaku public archive we have performed a statistically driven blind search for Fe XXV Hea and/or Fe…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 Jason Gofford , James N. Reeves , Francesco Tombesi , Valentina Braito , T. Jane Turner , Lance Miller , Massimo Cappi

Multiple clumpy wind components ($v_{out}\sim0.2-0.3c$) in the luminous quasar PDS 456 have recently been resolved by XRISM in the Fe-K band for the first time. In this paper, we investigate the structure of ultra-fast outflows (UFOs) using…

We have searched for evidence of soft X-ray absorption by hot metals in the vicinity of the Galaxy in the spectra of a small sample of fifteen Type I AGN observed with the high resolution X-ray gratings on board Chandra. This is an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 B. McKernan , T. Yaqoob , C. S. Reynolds

Studying the distribution and properties of ionised gas in outflows driven by AGN is crucial for understanding the feedback mechanisms at play in extragalactic environments. In this study, we explore the connection between ionised outflows…

We study the energetics of the accretion-induced outflow and then plausible jet around black holes/compact objects using a newly developed disc-outflow coupled model. Inter-connecting dynamics of outflow and accretion essentially upholds…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-09-28 Shubhrangshu Ghosh , Banibrata Mukhopadhyay , Vinod Krishan , Manoranjan Khan

We present observations of 17 luminous (log(L[O III]/L_Sun) > 8.7) local (z < 0.11) type II AGN. Our aim is to investigate the prevalence and nature of AGN driven outflows in these galaxies by combining kinematic and ionization diagnostic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 Rebecca McElroy , Scott M. Croom , Michael Pracy , Rob Sharp , I-Ting Ho , Anne M. Medling

Remnants of AGN jets and their surrounding cocoons leave colossal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) fossil structures storing total energies ~10^{60} erg. The original active galacic nucleus (AGN) may be dead but the fossil will retain its stable…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Gregory Benford , R. J. Protheroe
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