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Relativistically blueshifted absorption features of highly ionised ions, the so-called ultra-fast outflows (UFOs), have been detected in the X-ray spectra of a number of accreting supermassive black holes. If these features truly originate…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-06-03 P. Kosec , A. Zoghbi , D. J. Walton , C. Pinto , A. C. Fabian , M. L. Parker , C. S. Reynolds

Ultra-fast outflows (UFOs) are mildly relativistic (outflow velocity $v_{out}>0.1c$) nuclear winds detected as blueshifted absorption lines from highly ionized, dense gas in the X-ray spectra of active galactic nuclei. The AGN feedback…

Ultrafast outflows (UFOs) are the most extreme winds launched by active galactic nuclei (AGN) due to their mildly-relativistic speeds (~0.1-0.3c) and are thought to significantly contribute to galactic evolution via AGN feedback. Their…

X-ray evidence for ultra-fast outflows (UFOs) has been recently reported in a number of local AGNs through the detection of blue-shifted Fe XXV/XXVI absorption lines. We present the results of a comprehensive spectral analysis of a large…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-08-27 F. Tombesi , M. Cappi , R. M. Sambruna , J. N. Reeves , C. S. Reynolds , V. Braito , M. Dadina

Ultra Fast Outflows (UFOs) are powerful, highly ionized winds launched from the innermost regions of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs), reaching velocities of 0.03 -- 0.3 c and playing a key role in AGN feedback. We present a photoionization…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-19 Xin Xiang , Jon M. Miller , Ehud Behar , W. N. Brandt , Luigi Gallo , Doyee Byun , Elena Gallo

Ultra-fast outflows (UFOs) are highly ionized, mildly relativistic winds seen in the X-ray spectra of active galactic nuclei (AGN) and are thought to contribute to AGN feedback and galaxy evolution. We investigate UFO signatures by…

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

Ultra-fast outflows (UFOs) have been detected in the high-quality X-ray spectra of a number of active galactic nuclei (AGN) with fairly high accretion rates and are thought to significantly contribute to the AGN feedback. After a decade of…

Ultra-fast outflows (UFOs) have been revealed in a large number of active galactic nuclei (AGN) and are regarded as promising candidates for AGN feedback on the host galaxy. The nature and launching mechanism of UFOs are not yet fully…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-05-31 Yerong Xu , Ciro Pinto , Daniele Rogantini , Stefano Bianchi , Matteo Guainazzi , Erin Kara , Chichuan Jin , Giancarlo CUsumano

Recent X-ray observations show absorbing winds with velocities up to mildly-relativistic values of the order of ~0.1c in a limited sample of 6 broad-line radio galaxies. They are observed as blue-shifted Fe XXV-XXVI K-shell absorption…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 F. Tombesi , F. Tazaki , R. F. Mushotzky , Y. Ueda , M. Cappi , J. Gofford , J. N. Reeves , M. Guainazzi

In some radio-quiet active galaxies (AGN), high-energy absorption features in the x-ray spectra have been interpreted as Ultrafast Outflows (UFOs) -- highly ionised material (e.g. Fe XXV and Fe XXVI) ejected at mildly relativistic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 L. C. Gallo , A. C. Fabian

The detection of blue-shifted absorption lines likely associated with ionized Iron K-shell transitions in the X-ray spectra of many Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) suggests the presence of a highly ionized gas outflowing with mildly…

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…

We present a qualitative search for ultra-fast outflows (UFOs) in excess variance spectra of radio-quiet active galactic nuclei (AGN). We analyse 42 sources from the Tombesi et al. (2010) spectroscopic UFO detection sample, and an…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-02-05 Z. Igo , M. L. Parker , G. A. Matzeu , W. Alston , N. Alvarez Crespo , D. J. K. Buisson , F. Fürst , A. M. Joyce , L. Mallick , N. Schartel , M. Santos-Lleó

The extreme velocities and high ionization states of ultra-fast outflows (UFOs) make them a promising candidate for AGN feedback on the evolution of the host galaxy. However, their exact underlying driving mechanism is not yet fully…

We present a UV spectroscopic study of ionized outflows in 21 active galactic nuclei (AGN), observed with the HST. The targets of the SUBWAYS sample were selected with the aim to probe the parameter space of the underexplored AGN between…

We performed a blind search for narrow absorption features at energies greater than 6.4 keV in a sample of 42 radio-quiet AGNs observed with XMM-Newton. We detect 36 narrow absorption lines on a total of 101 XMM-Newton EPIC pn observations.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 F. Tombesi , M. Cappi , J. N. Reeves , G. G. C. Palumbo , T. Yaqoob , V. Braito , M. Dadina

We use MUSE adaptive optics (AO) data in Narrow Field Mode to study the properties of the ionised gas in MR 2251-178 and PG 1126-041, two nearby (z~0.06) bright quasars hosting sub-pc scale Ultra Fast Outflows (UFOs) detected in the X-ray…

We report on the discovery of a UV absorption counterpart of a low-ionization X-ray ultra-fast outflow (UFO) in the Narrow-Line Seyfert-1 galaxy IRAS 17020+4544. This UV signature of the UFO is seen as a narrow and blueshifted Lyman-alpha…

We present the results of a uniform and systematic search for blue-shifted Fe K absorption lines in the X-ray spectra of five bright Broad-Line Radio Galaxies (BLRGs) observed with Suzaku. We detect, for the first time at X-rays in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 F. Tombesi , R. M. Sambruna , J. N. Reeves , V. Braito , L. Ballo , J. Gofford , M. Cappi , R. F. Mushotzky
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