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- Title
Feedback and ionized gas outflows in four low-radio power AGN at z ∼ 0.15.
- Authors
Ulivi, L.; Venturi, G.; Cresci, G.; Marconi, A.; Marconcini, C.; Amiri, A.; Belfiore, F.; Bertola, E.; Carniani, S.; D'Amato, Q.; Di Teodoro, E.; Ginolfi, M.; Girdhar, A.; Harrison, C.; Maiolino, R.; Mannucci, F.; Mingozzi, M.; Perna, M.; Scialpi, M.; Tomicic, N.
- Abstract
An increasing number of observations and simulations suggests that low-power (< 1044 erg s−1) jets may be a significant channel of feedback produced by active galactic nuclei (AGN), but little is known about their actual effect on their host galaxies from the observational point of view. We targeted four luminous type 2 AGN hosting moderately powerful radio emission (∼1044 erg s−1), two of which and possibly a third are associated with jets, with optical integral field spectroscopy observations from the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) at the Very Large Telescope (VLT) to analyze the properties of their ionized gas as well as the properties and effects of ionized outflows. We combined these observations with Very Large Array (VLA) and e-MERLIN data to investigate the relations and interactions between the radio jets and host galaxies. We detected ionized outflows as traced by the fast bulk motion of the gas. The outflows extended over kiloparsec scales in the direction of the jet, when present. In the two sources with resolved radio jets, we detected a strong enhancement in the emission-line velocity dispersion (up to 1000 km s−1) perpendicular to the direction of the radio jets. We also found a correlation between the mass and the energetics of this high-velocity dispersion gas and the radio power, which supports the idea that the radio emission may cause the enhanced turbulence. This phenomenon, which is now being observed in an increasing number of objects, might represent an important channel for AGN feedback on galaxies
- Subjects
IONIZED gases; INTEGRAL field spectroscopy; VERY large telescopes; ACTIVE galactic nuclei; RADIO jets (Astrophysics); RADIO galaxies; ACTIVE galaxies
- Publication
Astronomy & Astrophysics / Astronomie et Astrophysique, 2024, Vol 685, p1
- ISSN
0004-6361
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1051/0004-6361/202347436