Published April 26, 2021 | Version v1

Low inclination jets driving equatorial outflows in quasar host galaxies

  • 1. ESO, Garching, Germany
  • 2. Newcastle University
  • 3. ESO

Description

As part of our Quasar Feedback Survey of z<0.2 quasars we are using ESO/VIMOS and ESO/MUSE to spatially-resolve ionised-gas and stellar kinematics in quasar host galaxies. Combined with multi-wavelength information we are assessing: (1) the properties of galactic multiphase outflows driven by jets and/or winds; (2) what impact these have on the star formation (SF) properties of the host galaxies. I will give an overview of our survey, highlighting the crucial role of ESO's spectroscopic instruments. As a showcase, I will present detailed observations of a target. We have used MUSE, to measure gas and the stellar kinematics, and isolated non-gravitational motion caused by the small-scale radio jet that is ploughing into the galaxy disk. We have further analysed the prevalence of the molecular phase of the outflow by using the data from ALMA. By combining the study of the ionised and molecular gas, to the stellar kinematics, we can infer the feedback effects on SF in the host galaxy.

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