SUPER. II. Spatially resolved ionised gas kinematics and scaling relations in z ∼ 2 AGN host galaxies
Abstract
Aims: The SINFONI survey for Unveiling the Physics and Effect of Radiative feedback (SUPER) aims to trace and characterise ionised gas outflows and their impact on star formation in a statistical sample of X-ray selected active galactic nuclei (AGN) at z ∼ 2. We present the first SINFONI results for a sample of 21 Type 1 AGN spanning a wide range in bolometric luminosity (log Lbol = 45.4-47.9 erg s-1). The main aims of this paper are to determine the extension of the ionised gas, characterise the occurrence of AGN-driven outflows, and link the properties of such outflows with those of the AGN.
Methods: We used adaptive optics-assisted SINFONI observations to trace ionised gas in the extended narrow line region using the [O III] λ5007 line. We classified a target as hosting an outflow if its non-parametric velocity of the [O III] line, w80, was larger than 600 km s-1. We studied the presence of extended emission using dedicated point-spread function (PSF) observations, after modelling the PSF from the Balmer lines originating from the broad line region.
Results: We detect outflows in all the Type 1 AGN sample based on the w80 value from the integrated spectrum, which is in the range ∼650-2700 km s-1. There is a clear positive correlation between w80 and the AGN bolometric luminosity (> 99% correlation probability), and the black hole mass (98% correlation probability). A comparison of the PSF and the [O III] radial profile shows that the [O III] emission is spatially resolved for ∼35% of the Type 1 sample and the outflows show an extension up to ∼6 kpc. The relation between maximum velocity and the bolometric luminosity is consistent with model predictions for shocks from an AGN-driven outflow. The escape fraction of the outflowing gas increases with the AGN luminosity, although for most galaxies, this fraction is less than 10%.
- Publication:
-
Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- October 2020
- DOI:
- 10.1051/0004-6361/202038551
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2008.01728
- Bibcode:
- 2020A&A...642A.147K
- Keywords:
-
- galaxies: active;
- galaxies: evolution;
- galaxies: high-redshift;
- techniques: imaging spectroscopy;
- quasars: emission lines;
- Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
- E-Print:
- Accepted for publication in A&