The Black Hole-Host Galaxy Connection: Kinematics of A Nearby AGN Host

The analysis of spatially-resolved spectra is important in understanding the dynamics of stars and gas around active galactic nuclei (AGN), galactic nuclei powered by supermassive black holes. In AGN, the energy of the black hole can reduce or stop stellar births as the gas in the galaxy is heated or ejected from the system, but how the AGN is related to the large-scale evolution and structure of its host galaxy is not fully understood. Spatially-resolved spectroscopy collected by the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) on the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) provides insight into the motion and composition of regions within a galaxy. We present results from the analysis of a MUSE data cube of a nearby AGN host galaxy with a ring-shaped substructure on a scale of 600 parsecs. This galactic substructure plays an unusual role in affecting the impact of the central AGN engine by collimating and redirecting the outflows from the nucleus.