Program: GN-2015A-Q-204

Title:AGN feedback in action: extreme gas outflows in type 2 AGNs
PI:Jong-Hak Woo
Co-I(s): Hyun-Jin Bae, Kugseob Jo, Marios Karouzos

Abstract

AGN-driven gas outflows is one of the best tracers of AGN feedback in action. We propose integral field spectroscopy observations to investigate the kinematics of the narrow-line region and ISM in the host galaxies. We select a luminosity-limited sample of 29 AGNs with extreme ionized gas velocities (i.e., the [OIII] velocity offset > 250 km/s or [OIII] velocity dispersion (FWHM) > 1000 km/s, which is driven from a large number of ~23,000 SDSS type 2 AGNs at z < 0.1. Thus, these rare AGNs with strong outflow signatures are one of the best suits for investigating AGN feedback. By measuring the distributions of flux, velocity, and velocity dispersion of emission lines and probing star formation and population over several kpc scales, we will investigate the kinematic nature of outflows and their role as the AGN feedback mechanism.

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