Hubble Space Telescope Observations of Extended [Oiii]λ 5007 Emission in Nearby QSO2s: New Constraints on AGN Host Galaxy Interaction

Travis C. Fischer; S. B. Kraemer; H. R. Schmitt; L. F.Longo Micchi; D. M. Crenshaw; M. Revalski; M. Vestergaard; M. Elvis; C. M. Gaskell; F. Hamann; L. C. Ho; J. Hutchings; R. Mushotzky; H. Netzer; T. Storchi-Bergmann; A. Straughn; T. J. Turner; M. J. Ward

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Hubble Space Telescope Observations of Extended [Oiii]λ 5007 Emission in Nearby QSO2s: New Constraints on AGN Host Galaxy Interaction

Travis C. Fischer
, S. B. Kraemer
, H. R. Schmitt
, L. F.Longo Micchi
, D. M. Crenshaw
, M. Revalski
, M. Vestergaard
, M. Elvis
, C. M. Gaskell
, F. Hamann
, L. C. Ho
, J. Hutchings
, R. Mushotzky
, H. Netzer
, T. Storchi-Bergmann
, A. Straughn
, T. J. Turner
, M. J. Ward

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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Catholic University of America
Naval Research Laboratory
Physics and Astronomy Department
Georgia State University
University of Copenhagen
University of Arizona
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
University of California at Santa Cruz
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of California at Riverside
Department of Astronomy
Peking University
Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics
National Research Council of Canada
University of Maryland, College Park
Departamento de Astronomia
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Department of Physics
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Durham University

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We present a Hubble Space Telescope survey of extended [O iii] λ5007 emission for a sample of 12 nearby (z < 0.12), luminous Type 2 quasars (QSO2s), which we use to measure the extent and kinematics of their AGN-ionized gas. We find that the size of the observed [O iii] regions scale with luminosity in comparison to nearby, less luminous Seyfert galaxies and radially outflowing kinematics to exist in all targets. We report an average maximum outflow radius of ∼600 pc, with gas continuing to be kinematically influenced by the central active galactic nucleus (AGN) out to an average radius of ∼1130 pc. These findings question the effectiveness of AGNs being capable of clearing material from their host bulge in the nearby universe and suggest that disruption of gas by AGN activity may prevent star formation without requiring evacuation. Additionally, we find a dichotomy in our targets when comparing [O iii] radial extent and nuclear FWHM, where QSO2s with compact [O iii] morphologies typically possess broader nuclear emission lines.

Original language	English
Article number	102
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	856
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aab03e
State	Published - 1 Apr 2018

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Funders	Funder number
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Universities Space Research Association
U.S. Department of Energy
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
National Science Foundation	DGE-1550139, 0400702
National Key Research and Development Program of China	2016YFA0400702
Natur og Univers, Det Frie Forskningsråd	DFF 4002-00275
National Natural Science Foundation of China	11473002, 11721303

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galaxies: active
galaxies: kinematics and dynamics
quasars: emission lines

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Fischer, T. C., Kraemer, S. B., Schmitt, H. R., Micchi, L. F. L., Crenshaw, D. M., Revalski, M., Vestergaard, M., Elvis, M., Gaskell, C. M., Hamann, F., Ho, L. C., Hutchings, J., Mushotzky, R., Netzer, H., Storchi-Bergmann, T., Straughn, A., Turner, T. J., & Ward, M. J. (2018). Hubble Space Telescope Observations of Extended [Oiii]λ 5007 Emission in Nearby QSO2s: New Constraints on AGN Host Galaxy Interaction. Astrophysical Journal, 856(2), Article 102. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aab03e

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