Bibcode
Tadhunter, C.; Holden, L.; Ramos Almeida, C.; Batcheldor, D.
Bibliographical reference
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 488, Issue 2, p.1813-1821
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2019
Citations
7
Refereed citations
6
Description
Considerable uncertainties remain about the nature of warm, AGN-driven
outflows and their impact on the evolution of galaxies. This is because
the outflows are often unresolved in ground-based observations. As part
of a project to study the AGN outflows in some of the most rapidly
evolving galaxies in the local Universe, here we present Hubble Space
Telescope (HST)/Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) observations
of F14394+5332E that resolve the sub-kpc warm outflow for the first time
in an ultra-luminous infrared galaxy. The observations reveal a compact,
high-ionization outflow region (rmax ˜ 0.9 kpc) set in
a more extensive (rmax ˜ 1.4 kpc) halo that is
kinematically quiescent and has a lower ionization state. A large line
width (600 < FWHM < 1500 km s-1) is measured throughout
the outflow region, and the outflowing gas shows a steep velocity
gradient with radius, with the magnitude of the blueshifted velocities
increasing from ˜500 to 1800 km s-1 from the inner to
the outer part of the outflow. We interpret the observations in terms of
the local acceleration, and hydrodynamic destruction, of dense clouds as
they are swept up in a hot, low-density wind driven by the AGN. We
discuss the implications for measuring the mass outflow rates and
kinetic powers for the AGN-driven outflows in such objects.
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Nuclear Activity in Galaxies: a 3D Perspective from the Nucleus to the Outskirts
This project consists of two main research lines. First, the study of quasar-driven outflows in luminous and nearby obscured active galactic nuclei (AGN) and the impact that they have on their massive host galaxies (AGN feedback). To do so, we have obtained Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (GTC) infrared and optical observations with the instruments
Cristina
Ramos Almeida