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To study the role of the feedback from the Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) in the evolution of its host galaxy, we need observational constraints on 100 pc scales. We used the Gemini Near Infrared Integral Field Spectrograph in the J and K…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-02-14 Astor João Schönell Júnior , Rogemar A. Riffel , Rogério Riffel , Thaisa Storchi-bergmann

Galactic outflows are believed to play an important role in regulating star formation in galaxies, but estimates of the outflowing mass and momentum have historically been based on uncertain assumptions. Here, we measure the mass, momentum,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-06-28 John Chisholm , Christy A. Tremonti , Claus Leitherer , Yanmei Chen

Outflows of ionized gas driven by active galactic nuclei (AGN) may significantly impact the evolution of their host galaxies. However, determining the energetics of these outflows is difficult with spatially unresolved observations that are…

We report integral field spectroscopy observations with the Near-Infrared Spectrograph on board JWST targeting the 60 kpc environment surrounding the most luminous obscured quasar known at $z=4.6$. We detect ionized gas filaments on 40 kpc…

Gaseous outflows appear to be a universal property of type-1 and type-2 active galactic nuclei (AGN). The main diagnostic is provided by emission features shifted to higher frequency via the Doppler effect, implying that the emitting gas is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-03-18 Paola Marziani , Alice Deconto-Machado , Ascension del Olmo

PSO J083.8371+11.8482, a quasar at $z = 6.34$ with a nearby companion galaxy, provides an opportunity to study the impact of active galactic nucleus (AGN) activity on the surrounding environment during the epoch of reionization. We analyze…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-27 Muhammad Akmal Husain , Irham Taufik Andika , Mochamad Ikbal Arifyanto

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…

We present a systematic study of ionized gas outflows based on the velocity shift and dispersion of the [O III] {\lambda}5007 $\AA$ emission line, using a sample of ~ 5000 Type 1 AGNs at z < 0.3 selected from Sloan Digital Sky Survey. This…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-09-26 Suvendu Rakshit , Jong-Hak Woo

The highly energetic outflows from Active Galactic Nuclei detected in X-rays are one of the most powerful mechanisms by which the central supermassive black hole (SMBH) interacts with the host galaxy. The last two decades of high resolution…

We use deep JWST/NIRSpec R~1000 slit spectra of 113 galaxies at 1.7 < z < 3.5, selected from the mass-complete Blue Jay survey, to investigate the prevalence and typical properties of neutral gas outflows at cosmic noon. We detect excess Na…

The prevalence of outflow and feedback signatures in active galactic nuclei (AGN) is a major unresolved question which large integral field unit (IFU) surveys now allow to address. In this paper, we present a kinematic analysis of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-01-29 Dominika Wylezalek , Anthony M. Flores , Nadia L. Zakamska , Jenny E. Greene , Rogemar A. Riffel

We use optical spectra from the inner 2$\times$3kpc$^2$ of the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC1667, obtained with the GMOS integral field spectrograph on the Gemini South telescope at a spatial resolution of $\approx$ 240pc, to assess the feeding and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-01-18 Allan Schnorr-Müller , Thaisa Storchi-Bergmann , Fabricio Ferrari , Neil M. Nagar

We use the sample of emission-line nuclei derived from a recently completed optical spectroscopic survey of nearby galaxies to quantify the incidence of local (z = 0) nuclear activity. Consistent with previous studies, we find detectable…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Luis C. Ho , Alexei V. Filippenko , Wallace L. W. Sargent

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

We analyze the physical conditions of the outflow seen in QSO 2359-1241 (NVSS J235953-124148), based on high resolution spectroscopic VLT observations. This object was previously studied using Keck/HIRES data. The main improvement over the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Kirk Korista , Manuel Bautista , Nahum Arav , Maxwell Moe , Elisa Costantini , Chris Benn

This program is part of QUEST (Quasar/ULIRG Evolutionary Study) and seeks to examine the gaseous environments of z < 0.3 quasars and ULIRGs as a function of host galaxy properties and age across the merger sequence from ULIRGs to quasars.…

We obtained Keck/OSIRIS near-IR adaptive optics-assisted integral-field spectroscopy to probe the morphology and kinematics of the ionized gas in four velocity-offset active galactic nuclei (AGNs) from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. These…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-10-19 Francisco Müller-Sánchez , Julia M. Comerford , Daniel Stern , Fiona A. Harrison

Galactic outflows are known to consist of several gas phases, however, so far the connection between these multiple phases has been investigated little and only in a few objects. In this paper, we analyse MUSE/VLT data of 26 local (U)LIRGs…

We use a sample of powerful z~0.1 type 2 quasars ('obscured'; log[L(AGN)/erg/s]>~45), which host kiloparsec-scale ionized outflows and jets, to identify possible signatures of AGN feedback on the total molecular gas reservoirs of their host…