The Chandra Survey of Outflows in AGN with Resolved Spectroscopy (SOARS)
Abstract
We present results from the Chandra SOARS (Survey Outflows in AGN with Resolved Spectroscopy) program, using spatially resolved Chandra High Energy Transmission Grating spectroscopy of the kpc-scale narrow line regions around some of our nearest AGN, including the Circinus Galaxy, NGC 1068, Mrk 3, and NGC 3393. We use the neutral and photoexcited lines measurable using the HETG Spectrometer to (1) measure the mass and energy imparted by the AGN outflow into its kpc-scale environment; and (2) create a full kinematic map of the galaxy, thereby directly constraining the extent of the outflow. Our results have key implications for the role of galactic-scale outflows in AGN as moderators of galaxy evolution
- Publication:
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39th COSPAR Scientific Assembly
- Pub Date:
- July 2012
- Bibcode:
- 2012cosp...39.1191M