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AGN feedback is a well known mechanism in the evolution of galaxies. One open question is the driving mechanism of galaxy-scale outflows. At low redshift, radio jets often interact with the ISM, generating turbulence and driving ionized…

We present near-infrared spectra of young radio quasars [P(1.4GHz) ~ 26-27 W/Hz] selected from the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer. The detected objects have typical redshifts of z ~ 1.6-2.5 and bolometric luminosities ~ 10^47 erg/s.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Minjin Kim , Luis C. Ho , Carol J. Lonsdale , Mark Lacy , Andrew W. Blain , Amy E. Kimball

Large-scale outflows are believed to be an important mechanism in the evolution of galaxies. We can determine the impact of these outflows by studying either current galaxy outflows and their effect in the galaxy or by studying the effect…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-01-11 J. Scholtz , R. Maiolino , G. C. Jones , S. Carniani

Cosmic rays (CRs) are thought to be an important feedback mechanism in star-forming galaxies. They can provide an important source of pressure support and possibly drive outflows. We perform multidimensional CR-magnetohydrodynamic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-03-01 Xiaoshan Huang , Shane W. Davis

We report on quasar outflow properties revealed by analyzing more than 60 composite outflow spectra built from $\sim 60\,000$ CIV absorption troughs in the SDSS-III/BOSS DR12QBAL catalog. We assess the dependences of the equivalent widths…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-01-08 Lluís Mas-Ribas

We analyze VLT/X-shooter data for 7 quasars, where we study the relationships between their broad absorption line (BAL) and emission line outflows. We find: 1) the luminosity of the [OIII] $\lambda$5007 emission profile decreases with…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-05-13 Xinfeng Xu , Nadia Zakamska , Nahum Arav , Timothy Miller , Chris Benn

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…

During five decades astronomers have been puzzled by the presence of strong absorption features including metal lines, observed in the optical and ultraviolet spectra of quasars, signalling in- and outflowing gas winds with relative…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-07-19 Peter Barthel , Pece Podigachoski , Belinda Wilkes , Martin Haas

(Abridged) Star formation-driven outflows are a critical phenomenon in theoretical treatments of galaxy evolution, despite the limited ability of observations to trace them across cosmological timescales. If the strongest MgII…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Daniel B. Nestor , Benjamin D. Johnson , Vivienne Wild , Brice Ménard , David A. Turnshek , Sandhya Rao , Max Pettini

High velocity outflows from supermassive black holes have been invoked to explain the recent identification of strong absorption features in the hard X-ray spectra of several quasars. Here, Monte Carlo radiative transfer calculations are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 S. A. Sim

Feedback from active galactic nuclei (AGN) on their host galaxies, in the form of gas outflows capable of quenching star formation, is considered a major player in galaxy evolution. However, clear observational evidence of such major impact…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-04-07 Giacomo Venturi , Alessandro Marconi

Gas outflows are believed to play a pivotal role in shaping galaxies, as they regulate both star formation and black hole growth. Despite their ubiquitous presence, the origin and the acceleration mechanism of such powerful and extended…

High-redshift quasars ($z\gtrsim6$), powered by black holes (BHs) with large inferred masses, imply rapid BH growth in the early Universe. The most extreme examples have inferred masses of $\sim \! 10^9\,$M$_\odot$ at $z = 7.5$ and $\sim \!…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-11-09 Jake S. Bennett , Debora Sijacki , Tiago Costa , Nicolas Laporte , Callum Witten

We present semi-analytical models of galactic outflows in high redshift galaxies driven by both hot thermal gas and non-thermal cosmic rays. Thermal pressure alone may not sustain a large scale outflow in low mass galaxies (i.e $M\sim…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-02-21 Saumyadip Samui , Kandaswamy Subramanian , Raghunathan Srianand

High velocity (HV) outflows are an important but poorly understood aspect of quasar/SMBH evolution. Outflows during the luminous accretion phase might play a critical role in "unveiling" young dusty AGN and regulating star formation in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Paola Rodriguez Hidalgo , Fred Hamann , Daniel Nestor , Joseph Shields

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

A fraction of quasars present broad absorption lines, produced by outflowing gas with typical velocities of 3000 - 10,000 km/s. If the outflowing gas fills a significant fraction of the volume where it resides, then it will be highly…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-11-05 Alexei Baskin , Ari Laor , Jonathan Stern

We discuss massive outflows in galaxy bulges, particularly ones driven by accretion episodes where the central supermassive black hole reaches the Eddington limit. We show that the quasar radiation field Compton--cools the wind shock until…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 A. R. King , K. Zubovas , C. Power

Galaxy-scale outflows of gas, or galactic winds (GWs), driven by energy from star formation are a pivotal mechanism for regulation of star formation in the current model of galaxy evolution. Observations of this phenomenon have proliferated…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-12-14 David S. N. Rupke

We characterize the physical properties of star-formation driven outflows in a sample of 29 local dwarf galaxies drawn from the Dwarf Galaxy Survey. We make use of Herschel/PACS archival data to search for atomic outflow signatures in the…