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PP 019057

A near-infrared study of the multi-phase outflow in the type-2 quasar J1509+0434

Cristina Ramos Almeida(1,2), Jose A. Acosta-Pulido(1,2), Clive N. Tadhunter(3), Carlos González-Fernández(4), Claudia Cicone(5), Mateo Fernández-Torreiro(2)
(1) IAC, (2) ULL, (3) University of Sheffield, (4) Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, (4) INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera
Based on new near-infrared spectroscopic data from the instrument EMIR on the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) we report the presence of an ionized and warm molecular outflow in the luminous type-2 quasar J150904.22+043441.8 (z = 0.1118). The ionized outflow is faster than its molecular counterpart, although the outflow sizes that we derive for them are consistent within the errors (1.34+/-0.18 kpc and 1.46+/-0.20 kpc respectively). We use these radii, the broad emission-line luminosities and in the case of the ionized outflow, the density calculated from the trans-auroral [OII] and [SII] lines, to derive mass outflow rates and kinetic coupling efficiencies. Whilst the ionized and warm molecular outflows represent a small fraction of the AGN power (=<0.033% and 0.0001% of Lbol respectively), the total molecular outflow, whose mass is estimated from an assumed warm-to-cold gas mass ratio of 6x10e-5, has a kinetic coupling efficiency of ~1.7%Lbol. Despite the large uncertainty, this molecular outflow represents a significant fraction of Lbol and it could potentially have a significant impact on the host galaxy. In addition, the quasar spectrum reveals bright and patchy narrow Pa$\alpha$ emission extending out to 4 arcsec (8 kpc) South-East and North-West from the active nucleus.

 
Aceptado para publicación en MNRAS Letters | Enviado el 2019-05-16 | Proyecto P/301404, P/301508